After making us wait for at least two years,Aardman Animation Studiosis finally making it clear that the wait isalmost over. Today, the studio unveiled the first trailer forWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the feature film that comes nearly 20 years after we went to movie theaters to check out Oscar winnerWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. In the new story,a new inventioncalled “Norbot” will spin out of control as soon as it is released into the world by Wallace (now voiced byBen Whitehead). The movie is set to premiere on July 23, 2025, and it will feature the dramatic return of an iconic bird.
As we could expect, the trailer for the newstop-motion movieunderscores that some of thefranchise’s best momentscome from the absurdities that the story escalates to. This time, Wallace’s new invention goes haywire, and he has to handle a PR nightmare when journalists start labeling him an “evil inventor.” The “Nifty Odd-jobbing Robot” was supposed to be the ultimategarden gnome, but its malfunction makes it a dangerous weapon that throws Gromit into an adventure of epic proportions
The trailer also proposes the question:who could have sabotaged Wallace’s invention? The answer comes when an organ starts getting played louder and louder with the ominousToccata and Fugue in D Minorandiconic villain Feathers McGrawreveals himself to the audience. Fresh out of prison and back to the franchise after a 30-year absence, the evil penguin is set to come back to haunt Wallace and Gromit andexact his revenge. Will he defeat the duo this time? We’ll have to wait until 2025 to find out.
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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowlis a highly anticipated sequel because not only are the characters incredibly popular, but also becausethe excellent reception of the 2005 movie— it stands tall at a95% approval rateonRotten Tomatoes— made fans eager for moreWallace & Gromitadventures. Fans started to worry that the new movie might end up being Aardman Animation Studios' swan song after reports suggestedthat the company’s clay stock was ending. However, the company has sinceissued an official statementassuring fans that “there is absolutely no need to worry” about their clay stock, and they will continue to make theiriconic productions.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowlis co-directed by Emmy nomineeMerlin Crossingham, who previously worked as an animator inChicken Run, andNick Park,a four-time Oscar winnerwho directed the previous installment and severalWallace & Gromitshort films. Park also pens the screenplay along withMark Burton(Madagascar,Shaun the Sheep Movie).
Netflix is set to debutWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowlon July 09, 2025. You can check out the trailer above.
