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jameygamer Since: May, 2014
#1: Apr 29th 2018 at 11:44:11 PM

So by now, we all know of Aardman Animations' Chicken Run, a cute Claymation film from 2000 that DreamWorks Animation distributed. Telling the story of a flock of chickens deciding to escape their farm after they discover their owner, the villainous Mrs. Tweedy, is planning to convert the farm into a chicken pot pie factory and kill them. A rooster voiced by Mel Gibson helps them escape.

Now, Aardman has announced a sequel to this film. Trust me, I'm just as shocked as you are.

Said sequel and the original will both be in this thread.

edited 29th Apr '18 11:44:42 PM by jameygamer

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#2: Apr 29th 2018 at 11:54:53 PM

So, I'm guessing that it'll be some combination of being another farm of poultry to rescue, Mrs. Tweedy getting her revenge, or the chickens have to deal with predators.

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Psi001 Since: Oct, 2010
#3: Apr 30th 2018 at 5:54:49 AM

I'm not exactly sure how they can do a sequel to Chicken Run but it may be interesting to see in action at least.

The first one was pretty well made and had some really funny moments. I'd argue it was better made than the Wallace and Gromit movie.

edited 30th Apr '18 5:54:58 AM by Psi001

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#4: Apr 30th 2018 at 7:34:02 AM

Totally. I feel Wallace and Gromit kinda work best in the smaller, self-contained worlds of their shorts and lose a little something when you try and escalate it to a Big Damn Movie. Chicken Run, on the other hand, is adorable and hilarious, surprisingly ahead of its time, and is entirely self-contained.

I have no idea how a sequel would even be possible. I'm kinda hoping a new cast on a new farm and not a Happy Ending Override of the original film, though that also opens the problem of it possibly being an inferior copy of the original...

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#5: Apr 30th 2018 at 7:58:58 AM

Man, it's going to be really awkward if they try to bring Mel Gibson back considering what's happened with him between the two films.

Chicken Run is my favorite of Aardman's films, but it wasn't one that I was waiting patiently for a sequel. I'll wait to see what the premise is for the moment, as there isn't much else to go from for right now.

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#6: Apr 30th 2018 at 12:07:52 PM

Yeah, out of all of them, it was The Pirates that I was hoping would get a sequel since it was based on a book series.

edited 30th Apr '18 12:08:02 PM by TheGunheart

jameygamer Since: May, 2014
#7: Apr 30th 2018 at 3:46:32 PM

[up][up] Gibson has gotten a decent recovery thanks to Hacksaw Ridge. I don't know how his character would play into this one, as it's still early to tell what the plot will be, but I think there's a decent chance he could reprise his role.

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#8: Apr 30th 2018 at 4:39:07 PM

I have no idea how a sequel would even be possible. I'm kinda hoping a new cast on a new farm and not a Happy Ending Override of the original film, though that also opens the problem of it possibly being an inferior copy of the original...
Perhaps now that the heroes of the first film are free, they decide to start liberating other farms?

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#9: Apr 30th 2018 at 7:37:33 PM

[up] [up] [up] Aardman did pitch to Sony a Pirates sequel, but they sadly weren't interested due to the film's international numbers not being as much as they wanted.

I can't really envision how a sequel to Chicken Run is going to play out either. It's going to be like Toy Story 4 in which it (to me) comes off as an unnecessary sequel that will need to have an absolutely sublime story to really convince me otherwise that it was warranted (though if they can make a good film regardless, I won't be too bothered). With that said, the article that reported this has said Aardman are calling the original writers for the first movie back, and have the director of Paranorman in the director's seat (he also co-directed Aardman's previous Flushed Away), which sounds promising.

Aside from the production, I'm also rather worried about how it will be received by the market. Stop motion animation is a painfully niche genre that audiences (especially US audiences) seem to typically reject hard nowadays, despite recent efforts (Kubo, Shaun the Sheep, and Isle of Dogs) being among the most critically-praised examples in the genre. Dogs doesn't even have a released budgetnote . Even for a sequel to what is still the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time almost two decades later, I feel the current landscape gives it a very uphill battle.

edited 30th Apr '18 7:40:43 PM by Yeow95

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#10: May 4th 2018 at 9:18:20 AM

One of the good Aardman films. I'm a little surprised that they're doing a sequel to be honest. The movie ended off on a good note. how can they work a sequel?

kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#11: May 4th 2018 at 10:42:59 AM

Still the best Aardman film (sorry Wallace and Gromit, you're still more nostalgic to me), and also still the highest-grossing stop-motion film in the USA which is kinda pathetic. I await to see what they'll do with the story from here.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#12: May 5th 2018 at 4:03:51 PM

Stop motion animation is a painfully niche genre that audiences (especially US audiences) seem to typically reject hard nowadays

To be honest the only films that didn't creep me out as a child/teen were The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, and Corpse Bride... which I admit is a tad ironic.

I think the Uncanny Valley, macabre atmosphere made the animation a little less... vomit-inducing for me. Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, in hindsight, bugged the heck out of me because everything was "supposed" to be realistic.

edited 5th May '18 4:05:25 PM by Soble

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Lancelot07 Since: Apr, 2015
#13: Oct 22nd 2019 at 3:36:02 PM

One of my favourite Dreamworks films is getting a sequel after nearly 20 years??

I'm super stoked, but also wondering what the plot could be this time around. The first one was based on The Great Escape, so will the second one also be based on some old war or post-war film you think? I'm just hoping they keep the plot based on "reality" and not add some Wallace and Gromit/Shaun the sheep-element where the chickens try to go to space or magic exists ala. Curse of the Were-rabbit (that worked great for W&G by all means, but please not for Chicken Run). It needs to be a continuation of the same grounded universe and not feel like we moved onto another genre.

I want to put my faith in Aardman not deciding to make this sequel unless they had a good story to tell though. Considering this studio truly does their movies for the art and storytelling and not to make as much money as possible, unless certain other studios today *cough*Disneyliveactionremakes*cough* They are making this sequel not because "it can be done" and "it'll make money!" (since as mentioned above, they're most likely aware they might not make much), it has to mean they have a story they're passionate about telling us, profits be damned. Let's just hope that what they consider a good story for the sequel is something we as the audience will agree on once it's out.

But damn, it's not just the story, Harry Gregson Williams and John Powell better be back to write the soundtrack and they have a lot of work to do if they're gonna make it as amazing as the first movie's!

Edited by Lancelot07 on Oct 22nd 2019 at 3:40:38 AM

alanh Since: May, 2010
#14: Oct 23rd 2019 at 5:55:58 PM

Here's the article about it. It's from an interview with Shaun the Sheep: Farmaggedon co-director Will Becher.

BTW, the Shaun film is already out in the UK, and will be released in the US December 13.

Edited by alanh on Oct 23rd 2019 at 5:56:14 AM

Lancelot07 Since: Apr, 2015
#15: Oct 28th 2019 at 4:15:10 AM

So did the production begin in 2018 or this year? Either way I suspect we won't see the film for another two or three years considering how long clay-mation takes. I just hope they keep posting stuff along the way revealing bits and pieces of the plot, pictures from the set and such.

I do hope they will eventually share what plot they're going for. i.e. if it'll be based off another classic story like the first was or something entirely else they thought up themselves.

Dreamingone Since: Nov, 2019
#16: Nov 27th 2019 at 2:24:38 PM

Disappointed in the sequel idea... I hate that they are doing that because the ending was perfect and settled. But it’s all for cash anyway I guess [tdown]

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#17: Nov 27th 2019 at 3:10:12 PM

I really really REALLY hope the ending wont be as radioactive and hateful as the latest Disney movies.

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#18: Jun 15th 2023 at 8:34:05 AM

They dropped a preview for the sequel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1669329140728623104?s=46&t=7YT7yMPCw2VMMwQUxWj5_A

It was enough for me to make a page.

But yeah. My biggest take away is that Netflix is actually putting in effort to market this one. It’s not out for six months and they have a preview! Like actually giving time to build hype!

Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Jun 15th 2023 at 11:34:54 AM

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#19: Jun 15th 2023 at 9:23:26 AM

> I really really REALLY hope the ending wont be as radioactive and hateful as the latest Disney movies.

why would it be?

also which Disney movie was radioactive and harmful,I can't think of any?

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#20: Jun 15th 2023 at 9:42:56 AM

Well that post was from back in 2019 so… maybe Wreck it Ralph 2 or Frozen 2? Their endings are considered controversial…

Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Jun 15th 2023 at 12:43:31 PM

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#21: Jun 15th 2023 at 9:54:02 AM

I wasn’t a huge fan of how those two movies ended and feel they could have ended on a different note (especially RBTI, at least Frozen II made narrative sense), but calling them things like “radioactive” and “hateful” feels like an exaggeration personally. Aegis is also on record of vehemently despising the way Toy Story 4 ended (to the point that they claim it ruined the first three movies for them), so that might be another movie they’re referring to.

But anyway, good to get some new footage of this movie! Stop-motion looks great as usual.

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#22: Jun 15th 2023 at 9:57:42 AM

> Well that post was from back in 2019 so

I missed the timestamps whoops

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#23: Jun 15th 2023 at 10:05:58 AM

[up] Yeah, I’m resuscitating this thread for the new film.

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#24: Jun 15th 2023 at 3:07:38 PM

Well that post was from back in 2019 so… maybe Wreck it Ralph 2 or Frozen 2? Their endings are considered controversial…

I believe it was Raya and the Last Dragon that year, and that indeed had a toxic message.

On topic: Cautiously optimistic based on the teaser.

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#25: Jun 15th 2023 at 3:10:34 PM

That's funny that Zachary Levi is replacing Mel Gibson. Definitely an improvement, but not a a total improvement.


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