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Aardman Animations stands out for its sound animation techniques. Known as Newplast plasticine, it has been used since the studio’s founding in 1972 and has been used in all productions from the beginning Wallace & Gromit Shorts to newer dishes like Star Wars visions And Shaun the Sheep. You know you’re watching an Aardman production when you see it, and it’s hard to imagine that they aren’t doing claymation.
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But according to The Telegraph, those days may be over for the British studio. At the beginning of the year, the only factory still producing Newplast in Torquay (a town in Devon, England) was closed. The studio uses a lot of clay in production and bought up all the remaining material that was in storage before the factory closed. If this reminds you of the lack of pink color caused by the Barbie Film last summer, you’re not wrong if you think so. Whatever is left of this clay is now used for one Wallace & Gromit The film is scheduled to be released in cinemas in 2024.
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The material is named after its creator, Lewis Newplast, a teacher who made it in his garden shed. The plasticine is easy to mold and keeps its shape. And once it’s gone, it’s gone gone: The outlet revealed that Aardman is looking for a suitable replacement or may be considering creating its own replacement. What concerns them on this front is not discussed in the piece itself, and we probably won’t know until Aardman says it directly, probably whenever that is Wallace & Gromit The film’s theatrical release is getting closer and closer.
Even with this inevitability looming over us, it doesn’t sound like Aardman’s staff are letting their spirits down. They continue to work hard on Netflix Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, in which the chickens from the original film (some of which are voiced by new actors) break apart into it a farm that has been controlled by Mrs. Tweedy since the first film. The film will be released on Netflix on December 15th.
You can read director Sam Fell’s thoughts on the development of the film (and his general thoughts on claymation and stop-motion) here.
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