Claymation legends Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham will provide stop-motion followers a sneak peek at their upcoming Wallace & Gromit movie at this yr’s Annecy animation pageant.
The still-untitled function will see inveterate, cheese-loving inventor Wallace designing a “good gnome” for the household backyard who begins to develop a thoughts of its personal. As occasions spiral uncontrolled, it’s as much as trustworthy canine Gromit to place issues proper. Park and Crossingham co-directed the movie, primarily based on a narrative by Park and a screenplay from Shaun the Sheep and Gnomeo & Juliet author Mark Burton.
The movie, which can premiere on Netflix worldwide outdoors the U.Ok., the place it’s going to have a first-release window on the BBC, is the second function from Aardman Animations primarily based on the beloved characters, following the Oscar-winning Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Had been-Rabbit (2005) and the collection of award-winning shorts, together with Oscar-winners The Unsuitable Trousers (1993) and A Shut Shave (1995). Aardman can even convey alongside a number of of the puppets from the brand new movie as a part of a Wallace & Gromit exhibition at Annecy this yr.
Different works Netflix will probably be highlighting at Annecy this yr embrace Roald Dahl adaptation The Twits from Oscar-nominated director Phil Johnson (Ralph Breaks the Web), Skydance Animation’s Spellbound, and the steampunk action-adventure collection Arcane.
The Twits
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On the opposite finish of the animation spectrum from Aardman, Zack and Deborah Snyder, along with Xilam Animation director Slimane Aniss, will display clips of their new grownup animated collection Twilight of the Gods for the Annecy viewers. The collection, created by Zack Snyder, Jay Olivia and Eric Carrasco, is a retelling of historical Norse myths and options the voice skills of Sylvia Hoeks, Stuart Martin, Pilou Asbaek, Kristopher Hivju, Peter Stormare, and Corey Stoll, amongst others. The collection hits Netflix worldwide this fall. The second half of Synder’s dwell motion sci-fi saga Insurgent Moon dropped on Netflix on April 19.
On the comedy aspect, Large Mouth co-creators Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin will head to Annecy for a pageant ship off for the seventh and closing season of the hit collection.
Netflix goes full-in on animation and anime, and will probably be utilizing Annecy to spotlight a lot of its upcoming collection. The hotly-anticipated Ultraman: Rising, an journey function primarily based on the long-lasting Japanese anime, may have its world premiere on the French pageant on June 12. Annie award winner Blue Eye Samauri and the Annie nominee Pokemon Concierge have each been picked for the pageant’s official competitors.
Ultraman: Rising
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For the pageant’s work-in-progress classes, British author/director Richard Curtis (4 Weddings and a Funeral, Love Really) and animation veteran Simon Otto (The best way to Prepare Your Dragon) will focus on their upcoming animated function That Christmas, an adaptation of Curtis’ vacation e-book trilogy, which Otto will direct and which can function Succession star Brian Cox because the voice of Santa and the voice skills of Brit stars Jodie Whittaker, Invoice Nighy and Fiona Shaw, amongst others.
Annecy will unveil its full 2024 lineup later this week.