Aardman Says Its Future Is Fine After Clay Shortage Worries

Aftera weekend reportthat one of the most famous stop - motion animation houses in the world — Aardman , the squad behind Chicken Run , Wallace and Gromit , Shaun the Sheep , and more — was on the vergeof running outof the unequaled clay they employ to craft their creations went viral , the studio has now spoken out to assuage fan concerns .

A theme by British newspaperThe Telegraphwent viral this weekend , after it claimed that Aardman only had enough supplies of model clay to make one more movie — itsupcoming Wallace and Gromit projectfor Netflix — after the sole producer of Lewis Newplast in the United Kingdom , based out of Torquay , close its factory earlier this year .

Lewis Newplast has been used by Aardman since its foundation in the seventies , and is celebrated not just for its plasticity but , all-important for a studio like Aardman , its ability to retain its shape under the intense heat of studio apartment kindling . When the mill announce its closure earlier this year , Aardman purchased the majority of their remaining supply , hoping to plod out its reserves to make the two projects it had publicly committed to in a deal with Netflix : a sequel to Chicken Run , Dawn of the Nugget , set to strike the pennant next calendar month , and a new Wallace and Gromit film , set to release some time in 2024 . But after the report sparked fears that Aardman itself might be done if a desirable replacement for Lewis Newplast could n’t be come up , the studio accept to social medium today to assure fans that it had no design to go forth any time shortly .

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— Aardman ( @aardman)November 20 , 2023

“ We are touched about recent business organization over the future of our beloved clay creations , ” the statement begin , “ but need to reassure fans that there is utterly no need to concern . ”

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Aardman further noted that its current supplies of Henry Clay are not a concern , and that “ much like Wallace in his workshop , ” it has been developing plans “ to ensure a politic conversion to new stocks to persist in to make our iconic production . ”

Let ’s hope those plans go through a little smoother than some of Wallace ’s distinctive invention do , and we can keep love Aardman ’s work for a right retentive while yet .

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