CHICKEN RUN 2 Is Coming to Netflix and It Will Tell a MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-Style Heist Story
Aardman Studios has announced that they will be making a sequel to the stop-motion animated film Chicken Run, and the project is being backed by Netflix. The news comes 20 years after the original film was released. 20 years! It’s crazy to think that it’s been that long! After all these years, the Oscar-nominated movie still remains the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time.
Chicken Run 2 will be directed by Sam Fell (Paranorman and Flushed). When talking about the sequel, producer Peter Lord said:
“We’ve discussed it so many times over the years and come up with various ideas but never quite found one we loved enough. But it was always in the back of our minds.
“We’ve got the perfect story, and the relationship with Netflix is kind of perfect as well because they celebrate the filmmaker and are so filmmaker friendly. I feel now we can make the ‘Chicken Run’ sequel we want to, the one we really care about.”
Sam Fell added that they’ve been working on the script for the film for years, and he goes on to reveal the “hooky” logline… “This time, they’re breaking in.”
The story for the sequel will put the focus on Ginger, “now living in a human-free chicken paradise. There, Ginger and Rocky hatch an egg together and daughter Molly is born. The girl grows up quickly, ‘as children do,’ Fell explained, and Molly begins to outgrow the island. At the same time, rumors start to float of a new and terrible threat on the mainland, forcing Ginger to rally her troops and put their own hard-won freedom at risk for the good of all chicken-kind.”
Fell went on to reveal that the movie will have a Mission: Impossible vibe, saying:
“I tell you it will be fun and games seeing these chickens back in action. All the gadgets, the kit, we’re kind of moving towards an almost-tribute to ‘Mission Impossible’ with elements of heist and how they’re going to pull off this amazing break-in.”
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the first Chicken Run movie, but with a sequel on the way, I’ll probably end up revisiting it soon. I’m sure that this creative team will end up delivering a great sequel!
Ardman Studios is also developing a half-hour, stop-motion Christmas special titled Robin Robin, which will have a new and different style. They are also making a new Wallace & Gromit story titled The Big Fix Up.
Source: Variety