Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, 2023. Directed by Sam Fell. Featuring the voice talents of Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Ferguson, Josie Sedgwick-Davies, David Bradley, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Mays, Nick Mohammed, Wyatt Shears, Peter Serafinowicz, and Miranda Richardson. SYNOPSIS: Having pulled off an escape from Tweedy’s farm, Ginger […]
The poultry are hatching a plan in the latest Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget trailer
Netflix and Aardman Animation have hatched another trailer for their 23-years in incubation feathery follow-up Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. Following their escape from Tweedy Farm in 2000’s $224 million-grossing original, this sequel finds Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) and Rocky (Zachary Levi) playing parents to a rebellious teenager named Molly (Bella Ramsey), who takes a […]
Free the poultry! Netflix drops Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget trailer
Chicken Run is back; this time, we have a new escape plan hatched. Netflix just released the official trailer for Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, and it looks to recapture the magic of the original outing. The synopsis read: “For Ginger and the flock, all is at stake when the dangers of the human […]
Aardman’s Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget gets a flock of character posters
Netflix has released nine posters for Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, the long-awaited sequel to Aardman’s 2000 stop-motion animated adventure comedy Chicken Run, featuring Babs, Fowler, Bunty, Rocky, Ginger, Nick & Fletcher, Mac, Frizzle, and Molly; check them out here… From the multi Academy and BAFTA award-winning Aardman (Creature Comforts, Wallace & Gromit, and […]
Julia Sawalha hits out over Chicken Run 2 recasting
Last month it was officially announced that the long-awaited sequel to Chicken Run is on its way, with Aardman Animations and Netflix teaming to bring Chicken Run 2 to the streaming service. The original report stated – in news that came as a surprise to no one – that Mel Gibson would not be asked […]
Aardman teams with Netflix for Chicken Run 2
Back in October we exclusively brought you the news that Aardman Animation had officially commenced pre-production on its long-awaited sequel to 2000’s Chicken Run, and now coinciding with the original’s 20th anniversary Netflix has announced that it is teaming with StudioCanal and Pathe to distribute the new movie. “We’ve discussed it so many times over […]
Exclusive Interview – Farmageddon co-director Will Becher on taking Shaun the Sheep into the sci-fi world
Tom Beasley chats to Will Becher – one of the co-directors of the ace new animated comedy A Shaun the Sheep: Movie Farmageddon… Cinema’s most adorable stop-motion ovine hero is back in cinemas this week with A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon. Aardman Animation has once again delivered a lovingly crafted tale for the silent […]
Exclusive: Work underway at Aardman on Chicken Run sequel
The wonderful team at Aardman is hard at work producing the chicken models for the upcoming Chicken Run sequel, according to Will Becher – co-director of A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon. Becher said that the model room at the British stop-motion studio is now “overrun with chickens” as work has begun in earnest on […]
The Cinematic 12 Days of Christmas
Matt Rodgers on the Cinematic 12 Days of Christmas… Tis the season, you know the one, no matter your own belief system you’re going to be exposed to seasonal songs being pumped into your every waking hour by supermarkets, cinemas, and family members. Here at Flickering Myth we’re not going to be a pre-ghosted Ebenezer […]
