‘Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget’ Aardman Team Unveil First Footage & New Characters At Netflix Animation Event – Annecy
deadline.comAardman founder Peter Lord and director Sam Fell took to the stage at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Wednesday to present first footage for Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget.
The reveal was part of a special Netflix presentation of its upcoming animation productions including Leo, starring Adam Sandler as a 75 year old lizard; martial arts drama Blue-Eyed Samurai as well as animated comedy series Exploding Kittens.
Launching December 15, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget will arrive 23 years after the cult original Chicken Run. The Aardman team unveiled footage of the utopian island chicken haven – described by Fell as a sort of “Chicken Wakanda – created by heroine Ginger after she led the breakout from the Tweedy farm in late 1940s Britain.
Its now the early 60s and Ginger is the mother with Rocky of rebellious teenager Molly. Ginger in the meantime has buried her rebel side, devoting herself instead to keeping the peace in her island idyll.
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