Aardman's 'Shaun the Sheep' Monster Movie Trailer Drops
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- Aardman Animations released the trailer for 'Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom' on June 24 via US distributor GKIDS, with a theatrical release set for September 18.
- Directors Steve Cox and Matthew Walker, longtime Aardman animators, are making their feature directorial debuts; Cox previously directed the 'Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas' TV special.
- Screenwriters Mark Burton (director of 2015's 'Shaun the Sheep Movie') and Giles Pilbrow crafted a story in which Shaun becomes a mad scientist to repair a ruined pumpkin patch, unleashing a 'wild beast' in the woods of Mossingham.
- The film revives Aardman's monster-movie parody formula from 2005's 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit,' applying it to the studio's longest-running TV property.
- 'Shaun the Sheep,' created by Nick Park, has aired across 7 seasons and 190 episodes from 2007 to 2025, winning five International Emmy Awards and spawning two prior feature spinoffs in 2015 and 2019.
Why it matters: This is Aardman revisiting the Wallace & Gromit 'Curse of the Were-Rabbit' monster-movie parody playbook on its longest-running franchise, with Cox and Walker's feature debuts highlighting the studio's bench of internally groomed directing talent. The September 18 US date gives GKIDS a family counter-programming slot in the fall corridor.
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