Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Directed by
Screenplay by Mark Burton
Story by
  • Nick Park
  • Mark Burton
Based on Wallace and Gromit
by Nick Park
Produced byRichard Beek
Starring
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 2024 (2024)
Running time
70 minutes [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl is an upcoming 2024 British stop-motion animated comedy film produced by Aardman Animations and directed by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham, featuring Park's characters Wallace and Gromit. The film will premiere during Christmas 2024 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom and on Netflix internationally. [2] [3]

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It will be the sixth Wallace and Gromit film, the first since A Matter of Loaf and Death in 2008, and their second feature-length film following The Curse of the Were-Rabbit in 2005. This film marks the return of Feathers McGraw, the villainous penguin from The Wrong Trousers in 1993. [4]

Premise

Gromit's concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified when Wallace invents a 'smart gnome' that seems to develop an evil mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his master… or Wallace may never be able to invent again!

— Netflix [5]

Voice cast

Additionally, Diane Morgan, Adjoa Andoh and Lenny Henry will appear in cameo roles. [7]

Production

During production of the A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008), Nick Park remarked publicly on difficulties with working with DreamWorks Animation during the production of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), such as the constant production notes and demands to alter the material to appeal more to American children. [8] [9] This discouraged him from producing another feature film for years, with Peter Lord noting that Park preferred the "half hour format". [10]

A new Wallace & Gromit film was announced in January 2022, with Park and Merlin Crossingham as directors, from a screenplay by Mark Burton, while Claire Jennings was announced to produce. [11] [12]

The factory that made Lewis Newplast, the modeling clay used by Aardman, shut down in March 2023; Aardman purchased enough remaining clay to cover the new Wallace & Gromit film. [13] The Daily Telegraph initially reported that the studio may not be able to produce new films afterwards due to a lack of clay, but Aardman later released a statement clarifying that it would find a new supplier. [14] [15]

The film's title was confirmed to be Vengeance Most Fowl on 6 June 2024, alongside the reveal that Feathers McGraw, the antagonist of Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993), would return. At that time, Richard Beek was announced to have joined as another producer. [1]

Release

The film is due to release in 2024 on Netflix worldwide, except for the UK, where it will debut first on the BBC before also coming to Netflix at a later date. [11] [12]

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