>23rd June marks the 20th anniversary of Aardman’s much-loved feature film Chicken Run, which was first released on this day in 2000 and still remains the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time!
>The sequel to Chicken Run is expected to go into full production in 2021 and the exciting new adventure will be released globally by Netflix (excluding China).
>Peter Lord, Aardman Co-Founder and Creative Director says; “Fans around the world have waited patiently for a sequel idea worthy of Chicken Run so we’re delighted to announce, on the 20th anniversary, that we’ve found the perfect story. Netflix feels like the ideal creative partner for this project too: they celebrate the film-maker, which means we can make the film we want to make – the one we really care about – and share it with a global audience.”
>Having pulled off a death-defying escape from Tweedy’s farm, Ginger has finally found her dream – a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock, far from the dangers of the human world. When she and Rocky hatch a little girl called Molly, Ginger’s happy ending seems complete. But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat. For Ginger and her team, even if it means putting their own hard-won freedom at risk – this time, they’re breaking in!
>The Chicken Run sequel is directed by Sam Fell (Flushed Away, ParaNorman) and produced by Steve Pegram (Arthur Christmas) and Leyla Hobart. Peter Lord, Carla Shelley and Karey Kirkpatrick will be returning as executive producers. The script is written by Karey Kirkpatrick, John O’ Farrell and Rachel Tunnard and Nick Park (creator of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep) will have a consulting role on the film.
>Original distributors Studiocanal and Pathé closed a deal with Aardman to allow the transfer of the sequel rights to Netflix.
People asked for a sequel? What? The premise sounds weak too. Like imagine they made a Schindler's List 2 where the people took up arms after escaping so they could free Liam Neeson's character. It just sounds forced.
Jose Lee
>"Fans around the world have waited patiently for a sequel idea worthy of Chicken Run" No, we haven't.
They took a bath on that soccer movie and a sequel to their most successful movie seemed like the safest choice.
Levi Richardson
Damn that Soccer movie was stupid. Should have just done another bunch of W&G shorts
Hudson Rivera
>the exciting new adventure will be released globally by Netflix (excluding China) ok wut is it lgbtq character or shitting on communism, its got to be something
Brody Ross
Peter Sallis is dead
Levi Scott
Fuck off, you're kidding. I watched this movie on repeat almost every day from like 6 - 12
My money is on the new villain being a Colonel Sanders parody with a fried chicken restaurant and the film is going to be a rescue story with the chicken breaking in to free the captive chickens from being eaten.
Jonathan Ramirez
QUESTION! Will Mel Gibson reprise his role being a giant cock?
Adam Sullivan
Fuck yes Excited to see what alpacahawk can do with it
Eli Long
That's early development, you fucking spastic. This is clearly the next stage with an announced release date.
Henry Taylor
Cope harder zoomer, if it's announced, it's announced.
Bentley Green
Lmao
Jaxson Gray
Considering there was no news about it between then and now, who's to say it was still going ahead? It could have been stuck in development hell for all we know.
Daniel Hill
ouch
Benjamin Reyes
Yeah, just like that Adventure Time movie was announced? And Disney's Gigantic? And American Dog?
Projects fall through the cracks all the time, user. Don't be dense.
Really? I thought he did an excellenet job in the videos I've heard him in.
Dominic Jackson
It wasn't really. The story wasn't as interesting as the setting.
Its big thing was a bunch of meta commentary about England inventing football then finding everyone else is better at it then them. The film wasn't creative and it wasn't funny enough.
Oliver Evans
Arthur Christmas is a decent Christmas movie and deserves more recognition.
