5 posts tagged ‘wallace and gromit’
Don't worry too much about the clay, says Wallace And Gromit studio
AV Club,
In an age of excess, the news that the makers of Wallace And Gromit had essentially run out of clay to make more Wallace And Gromit rocked the world. (Or at least a niche community of animation enjoyers.) The unique clay is apparently a finite resource, and The Telegraph reported that the production company, Aardman… Read more...
Aardman Says Its Future Is Fine After Clay Shortage Worries
Gizmodo,
After a weekend report that one of the most famous stop-motion animation houses in the world—Aardman, the team behind Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and more—was on the verge of running out of the unique clay they use to craft their creations went viral, the studio has now spoken out to assuage fan… Read more...
The Studio Behind Chicken Run Is Running Out of Clay
Vulture,
The only factory that makes the clay Aardman Animations has used for 50 years has shut down, leaving them with enough clay for just one more movie.
Aardman Animations Is Running Out of Its Iconic Clay
Aardman Animations has been defined by its clay animation techniques. Known as Newplast plasticine, it’s been used since the studio’s inception back in 1972, in all its productions, from the Wallace & Gromit shorts to more recent fare like Star Wars Visions and Shaun the Sheep. You know you’re watching an Aardman… Read more...
Chicken Run studio Aardman is apparently running out of clay
In news that could spell disaster for cheese-obsessed animated inventors the world over, long-running British animation studio Aardman Animations—famous for the Wallace & Gromit films, Shaun The Sheep, and, currently, the upcoming Chicken Run sequel, Dawn Of The Nugget—is apparently running out of clay. This is per a… Read more...