The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit Jul 30, 2008
Nick Park and Aardman Animation triumph again with a rabbit movie that's got it all - action, suspense, romance, great inventions and most importantly, giant vegetables. When a small village sees its prime vegetables disappearing at an alarming rate, thanks to an ever-growing band of rabbits, panic ensues. (Suite101.com)
Winsor McCay Award Recipients Announced at Comic Con, San Diego Jul 28, 2008
He joined Aardman Animation in 1985 and went on to complete three Wallace and Gromit shorts and co-directed two feature films, Chicken Run and the Academy Award winning Wallace t: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. His fourth Wallace and Gromit short, A Matter of Loaf and Death, will be released later this year. (PR Newswire)
Telegraph accessability links Jul 26, 2008
Aardman Animation Wallace and Gromit turned into video game - Telegraph ... Aardman Animation's Wallace and Gromit turned into video game ... Although it is not the first time the characters, created by Bristol-based animator Nick Park of Aardman Animations, have appeared in a computer game, Telltale said it hoped its version would capture the essence of the franchise in a way not done before. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Wallace and Gromit Return Jun 17, 2008
Aardman Animation's brilliant duo, Wallace and Gromit, return in a half-hour short called A Matter of Loaf and Death. After the underappreciated (but Oscar-winning) Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and the messy divorce from DreamWorks Animation, Aardman Animation has bounced back with a new half-hour long Wallace and Gromit film called A Matter of Loaf and Death ... Here's the synopsis of the flick, courtesy of Aardman Animation. (Suite101.com)
James Bond's tuxedo up for grabs Jun 13, 2008
A collection of figurines from Aardman Animation will go under the hammer too. British film company Working Title, the event's main sponsor, will also auction two walk-on parts in its new romantic comedy Lost for Words. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Online television: Channel surfing Apr 23, 2008
from The Independent & The Independent on Sunday. The BBC iPlayer is just the start of a revolution in the way we watch TV. Tim Walker casts his eye over what the internet has in store. (Independent)
'Ratatouille' cleans plate with 10 Annies Feb 11, 2008
- Animated television production: Creature Comforts America, Aardman Animation. - Animated television production for children: El Tigre, Nickelodeon. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Great rat movie moments Feb 3, 2008
"Chicken Run": This Claymation romp from Aardman Animation ("Wallace and Gromit") is about a group of chickens who escape from captivity before they are turned into pot pies. A pair of friendly rats, Nick and Fetcher, aid in the plan. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Animals tell of Creature Discomforts Nov 12, 2007
The ad campaign, which is based on Aardman Animation's popular Creature Comforts commercials, aims to highlight problems faced by disabled people ... Each character is based on, and voiced by, a disabled person after Aardman Animation teamed up with the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity ... Steve Harding-Hill, from Aardman Animation, said: 'Taking the real voices and experiences of disabled people and creating animated stories that are informative, entertaining and poignant has been an immense... (Metro)
Sony Selling Animation, FX? Nov 2, 2007
Sony also signed a three-year, first-look deal with British studio Aardman Animation, creators of the multiple award-winning Wallace and Gromit series, last April. This sale will not affect that deal, according to the company. (Suite101.com)
Shrek 3 Drives DreamWorks Profits Nov 2, 2007
Further cash for DreamWorks came from the DVD release of its 2006 movies, Over the Hedge and its final collaboration with Britain's Aardman Animation, Flushed Away. Over the first nine months of 2007, DreamWorks Animation earned $124. (Suite101.com)
Wallace and Gromit Trouble at Mill Oct 4, 2007
The multiple award-winning Claymation duo, who have virtually become the public face of Aardman Animation, will star in the new half-hour special "Trouble at Mill." The special will begin production in January of 2008, and will finish by July or August of that year ... As with virtually every other Aardman Animation production, Wallace and Gromit: Trouble at Mill will shoot at Aardman Studios in Bristol ... Wallace and Gromit have been extremely successful for Aardman Animation since "A Grand... (Suite101.com)
Aardman picks Observer for net monitoring Jul 8, 2007
Aardman Animation has bought network monitoring gear from Network Instruments to help detect and fix problems on the high-bandwidth links that connect its four sites in Bristol. The company says that, as well as handling CGI files and database replication, its 10Mbit/s extended LAN supports a wide variety of creative applications and also carries internet traffic for its 250 users. (Register)
DreamWorks DVD boost profits May 3, 2007
Another hot seller was DreamWorks' 2005 collaboration with Aardman Animation, Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit. That flick added another $9. (Suite101.com)
Tribeca triumphRobert DeNiro on the New York film festival's success Apr 26, 2007
Bristol-based Aardman Animation has made one of them - and there are also contributions from two British directors, Jonathan Glazer and Kevin MacDonald. The films will be seen as a rebuke to what many Bush administration critics claim is the US president's intransigence when it comes to effectively addressing global warming. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Meissner comes up short in repeat bid Apr 24, 2007
The American version of the Aardman Animation smash Creature Comforts will finally have its premiere this summer on CBS.The network announced on Wednesday that. AVONDALE, La. (Yahoo News -- Figure Skating)
Hidden Exposure Apr 23, 2007
" she yelled. Alone at home, the feelings of betrayal begain to set in. She trusted him. That's why they never used condoms. "It was like, 'He's trying to kill me. I was freaking out," she said.In North Carolina, the man's actions -- knowingly exposing someone to the disease -- is a misdemeanor punishable by up to ttwo years in prison. In reality, it can mean much less time. This Wilmington man, as well as another HIV-positive local, pleaded guilty last month to hiding their status and engaging... (The Morning Star)
Evergreen: Four locals who embody the spirit of earth day year-round Apr 23, 2007
""It's going to permeate everything we do, and how we live our lives as individuals, from what we think when we turn a light switch on, to what we demand from our leaders. All we ate, we foraged or raised ourselves. (The Morning Star)
Sony distributes Aardman Apr 3, 2007
Sony signed a 3-year distribution deal with Aardman Animation ... Sony has signed a 3-year, first-look deal with Aardman Animation. (Suite101.com)
Sony gets in on act with Aardman tie-up Apr 3, 2007
Aardman Animation is close to signing a three-year production and development agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment that could see the Hollywood studio keep a tight rein on spending at the company behind Wallace and Gromit. The talks to give Sony first option to develop Aardman's animated movies come two months after DreamWorks Animation brought an early end to a similar relationship with Aardman. (MSNBC -- Business)
Chris Sanders' Crood Awakening Mar 29, 2007
It was supposed to have been animated by Britain's Aardman Animation, but DreamWorks retained the script when the two studios cut short their collaboration late last year. Sanders has announced that he is planning to "significantly rewrite" the script. (Suite101.com)
Player X distributes Aardman Mar 21, 2007
Player X will distribute Aardman Animation's mobile video content in North America, bringing their claymation to your phone ... Aardman Animation has already put several Wallace and Gromit, Angry Kid and Creature Comforts shorts on Player X, and it will be releasing several made-for-mobile shorts such as Purple & Brown and Shaun the Sheep. (Suite101.com)
Aardman Animation, DreamWorks Split Jan 31, 2007
January 31, 2007 - Aardman Animation, the British production house best known for the Wallace t series, has ended its five-picture arrangement with DreamWorks ... Aardman Animations and DreamWorks have announced a new claymation feature film ... MPAA Rating: Release Date:October 5, 2005 Running Time:94 Minutes Genre:Animation Other Genres:Comedy Studio:DreamWorks Pictures Production Company:Aardman Animations Tag Line:Something wicked this way hops. (IGN FilmForce)
Gromit, help! Claymation heroes dumped Jan 31, 2007
Aardman Animation transformed Wensleydale cheese, a dog with no mouth and Last of the Summer Wine actor, Peter Sallis, into unlikely ambassadors for bumbling British charm. But the gentle wit of the Wallace and Gromit creators has failed to triumph over Hollywood's bottom line. (Guardian Unlimited)
The road ahead: Seven for '07 Jan 1, 2007
A U.S. adaptation of the hit U.K. skein (from the Aardman animation house), "Creature Comforts" could, if successful, spawn a wave of such projects. If it stumbles, expect the non-Fox nets to once again shy away from any new toons. (Variety)
