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DreamWorks, Aardman split official

Aardman have assured us there was no truth to it. DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations to End Production Agreement GLENDALE, Calif., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — DreamWorks Animation SKG (NYSE: DWA)…

DreamWorks/Aardman deal is flushed away

Despite several rebuttals from both DreamWorks and Aardman themselves, the story that we reported at Animated News last October has sadly turned out to be true, and it was confirmed…

Fire destroys Aardman warehouse, spoils \\Were-Rabbit\\ celebration

…has released a {{link http://www.aardman.com/html/news_published/0_news.asp statement}} about the fire and extent of the damage. Fire destroys historical Aardman artefacts On the day that Aardman celebrate a chart-topping opening weekend in…

Shaun the Sheep Movie 2 officially announced by Aardman

…states, Shaun the Sheep Movie was huge intentionally, where Aardman’s films tend to be more popular. A full press release and first promotional image follows. Aardman and StudioCanal today announce…

Aardman’s Timmy Time to premiere on Disney Channel

Aardman Animations’ new series Timmy Time, about Shaun The Sheep‘s little lamb pal, will make its North American debut on the Disney Channel’s Playhouse Disney on September 13, following a…

Aardman launches online hub for original animated comedy

Aardman family. Terry Brain worked with Aardman for many years and would be proud to have his work represented by them. We’re grateful for this opportunity to show Weirdy Rhymes…

DreamWorks and Aardman split

…the second in a three-prcture deal previously announced, and ironically the first to drop Aardman’s acclaimed animation process in favor of DreamWorks’ established computer animation method, leading to speculation that…

Aardman's new home; Treasures still a comin'; new contest and more reviews on the way, plus a recharge to the site coming soon…

…One tidbit that I’m happy to hear is that Aardman Features, home to Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit have quickly set up shop under a new home at Sony…

Aardman, Sony begin production on two new films

According to Animation World Network, Aardman has begun the production process on their next two animated feature films, Pirates! and Aurthur Christmas. Though Pirates! will be animated in Aardman’s traditional…

Latest on Aardman Animations

BBC News relays the thoughts expressed by Aardman Animations co-founder Peter Lord regarding the death of Joseph Barbera. “Hanna and Barbera’s surprising achievement was to give us great animated comedy…

Interview: Nick Park of Aardman Animations

Moviehole speaks with Aardman Animations’ Nick Park, who elaborates on the making of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, while also mentioning some of Aardman’s other upcoming projects….

Aardman and DreamWorks "calling it quits"?

Variety speculates whether the five-picture deal between DreamWorks Animation and Aardman is about to be cancelled. Despite the success of the duo’s latest venture, Flushed Away, the article argues the…

Aardman "Bragg"s about Flushed Away tonight on UK TV

As Flushed Away gears up for its debut in UK cinemas, a specially animated Plasticine Melvyn Bragg introduces tonight’s South Bank Show profile of Aardman Animation’s Nick Park, whose small…

Source of Aardman's fire discovered

The Big Cartoon Database indicates that following two months of investigation, a conclusion has been drawn regarding how a fire began at Aardman Animations, on October 10, 2005. Investigators say…

Sony in "final negotiations" for Aardman deal

Yahoo! Movies/Reuters reveals that Aardman Features is in “final negotiations” with Sony Pictures for a three-year, first-look deal. “There is an expectation that they will make a movie every year…

John Cleese writing "pre-historic" film for Aardman

BBC News reports that according to Aardman co-founder Peter Lord, John Cleese is currently writing a “pre-historic” comedy for the studio. “It will be great comedy adventure about a pre-historic…

Aardman’s Shaun The Sheep Movie gets its first teaser trailer

The first teaser trailer and poster for Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep the Movie has been unveiled online, reports Collider. Shaun the Sheep the Movie marks the big screen debut of…

Aardman and AtomFilms Team Up for Exclusive Broadband Series

CNN Money reports that Aardman and AtomFilms have announced the debut of Pib and Pog, an original broadband animated series. The series debuted on AtomFilms site and will also be…

Aardman previews 2018 release Early Man

Nick Park will direct Aardman Animation’s Early Man, set for release in 2018. More details available on their official website and Twitter account….

Aardman exhibition hits Bristol

As noted on their website, Explore At-Bristol will offer visitors, this February half term, the chance to see a new exhibition, Aardman At-Bristol, providing a glimpse of studio’s history and…

Fourteen year-old turns down Aardman job due to age

Inspired by the Wallace & Gromit shorts, British filmmaker Lewi Firth Bolton began creating stop-motion animation in his bedroom three years ago. Recently, he submitted his work to Aardman Animations,…

More Aardman Creature Comforts

This short piece of animation was created by academy-award winning Aardman for the UK government using all new Creature Comforts characters and countryside sets of moorland, coast and farmland. It…

Nick Park talks Wallace, Gromit, and Aardman

An extended vodcast edition of Melvyn Bragg’s interview with Aardman animator Nick Park, {{link http://www.animatedviews.com/wp-content/uploads/archives/00005785.html broadcast Sunday evening}} on the UK’s South Bank Show is now available on the ITV…

Aardman highlights disability campaign with Creature Discomforts

CartoonBrew reports that Aardman Animations has launched Creature Discomforts, a series of TV spots, in an attempt to highlight the difficulties and discrimination faced by the disabled people. These TV…

Netflix and Aardman tease Robin Robin musical holiday special

…Netflix by Aardman Animation. The synopsis: “When her egg fortuitously rolls into a rubbish dump, Robin is raised by a loving family of mice. As she grows up, her differences…

First look at Aardman’s The Pirates!

Aardman Animations and Sony have issued a first image and press release for their upcoming stop-motion film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, reports BleedingCool. Directed by Peter Lord…

Aardman unveils film plans

Variety via Coming Soon breaks down the movies that Aardman Animations is crafting. Projects featured in the list include: The Cat Burglars, from director Steve Box and writers Matthew Graham…

X marks the spot for Aardman

Mobile Entertainment reports that Player X will handle the North American distribution for premium mobile video content from Aardman Animations. The deal includes videos for Wallace & Gromit, Angry Kid…

Arthur Christmas supervising animator Seamus Malone: from Bristol to the North Pole!

…to translate the characteristic Aardman sensibility to a 3D-computer animated form. “At Aardman, we always say that the house style is in spirit more than anything else,” says Peter Lord,…

Flushed Away

DreamWorks Animation/Aardman Features (November 3 2006), DreamWorks/Paramount Home Video (February 20 2007), single disc, 84 mins plus supplements, 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated PG, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard:…