Shaun the Sheep: The Movie

Aardman Animations is moving forward with their next project; a full-length movie based on their Wallace & Gromit spin-off "Shaun the Sheep."

The premise sounds a little bit simple, but I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun. Thoughts?

I adored Shaun as a kid after seeing A Close Shave and his series is actually pretty good. It's nice that Aardman is trying to expand another work (albeit one still closely connected Wallace And Gromit).

edited 25th Apr '13 12:20:25 PM by Psi001

Sheep In The Big City before anyone else references it!

Also, love me some Aardman so this should be good! I'd prefer just another Wallace&Gromit movie, but this will probably bee good too.

Here are the first two teaser trailers. The second seems to show scenes from the actual movie:

edited 30th Aug '14 4:55:04 PM by DS9guy

I forgot this was a thing. Sure does look like classic Ardman.

I an slowly becoming tired of the Three-Act Structure and Hero's Journey. Which makes me like serials more and more.

And movies less and less. I wonder how the two will be forced into this one.

edited 31st Aug '14 8:49:10 AM by KlarkKentThe3rd

It's coming out this week in America... up against Fantastic Four and The Gift.

edited 2nd Aug '15 8:52:43 PM by DS9guy

Sounds like its got a case of Dueling Movies.

After all the negative things I heard about Fantasic Four, I know what movie I'm seeing this weekend.

I'm kinda wondering if Shaun's gonna beat out F4 in terms of box office. It has a 99% on Rotten Tomatoes so it's beating it out in critical terms.

I think a Youtube video could beat Fantastic Four at this point.

edited 6th Aug '15 8:35:54 PM by HextarVigar

Uh-oh! This film looks like it's going to do even worse in the box office than Fant4stic! I blame this lackluster opening on a lack of advertising on Lionsgate's behalf.

Link:http://www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-report/shaun-the-sheep-movie-opening-is-baaaaa-d-117382.html

... also attributing to how barely anyone in America has ever seen the series.

It was on Disney Channel for a while. Disney Junior/Playhouse Disney also had Timmy Time.

Also there aren't any explosions, violence, swearing or crude humor.

So it was doomed from the start.

edited 10th Aug '15 7:59:50 AM by HextarVigar

I don't think the article is correct in blaming its failure on Aardman's imitators. Unfortunately, I think it has more to do with American audiences not enjoying their style, period.

... I liked it...

As did I, but this is probably a case of judging a book by its cover.

Oof, no thread for the sequel I guess. There was some talk about it in the Academy Award nominations and Chicken Run sequel threads, but nothing more beyond that (at least, based on my forum search).

To quickly get the synopsis out of the way: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon features Shaun (and the rest of the flock) meeting an alien from space named Lu-la with special powers, who crash lands on the farm. Shaun has to keep her out of the hands of the pursuing authorities as he tries to help her get back home; but as one might expect, Hilarity Ensues with Lula's misadventures on Earth. Here's a trailer:

It was first released back in the UK (and apparently some other Commonwealth territories) in October a few months ago to excellent reviews (Rotten Tomatoes right now have it at a "Certified Fresh" 98%, with 39/40 critics —mainly from the UK and Commonwealth territories— giving it a positive review). It was pegged to get a US release last year as well, but that hasn't materialized; likely due to Aardman's recent films (Early Man, the original Shaun the Sheep Movie) having underperformed at the U.S. box office. Netflix however has come to the rescue by acquiring the North American/Latin American rights, with the film supposed to premiere on the service sometime in (early) 2020.

I really loved the original movie, it's one of those very rare films that I honestly can't find anything to criticize it for. It's one of those films that, alongside Paddington 2, I'd describe as absolutely wholesome. Farmageddon similarly getting great reviews has me thrilled, but Netflix picking the rights leaves me a bit bittersweet—I think Lionsgate severely bungled the two Aardman films they distributed with regards to advertising and release dates, so I'm happy Farmageddon is out of their hands; but Netflix picking it up very likely means a wide theatrical release here in America is out of the question—which to me painfully represents the current trend of non-CG animated films —indie or otherwise— forced to skip theaters entirely for streaming avenues, in order to financially save face. Nevertheless, I'll be impatiently waiting for Farmageddon to finally invade Netflix later this year.

Farmageddon will be available on Netflix this coming Friday (Feb. 14th). Now that's a good way to spend your Valentine's holiday!

Well, if anyone's wondering if anyone would help edit a page for the movie, yes. I thought it was quite good, surprising, and was looking forward to seeing what others thought (and have zero or arguably negative experience in starting project-pages) so...