{"id":81728,"date":"2025-05-07T11:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/81728\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T11:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:33:09","slug":"the-beast-of-mossy-bottom-film-from-aardman-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/81728\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beast of Mossy Bottom’ Film From Aardman Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tShaun the Sheep is gearing up for a third feature film, with Aardman Animations<\/a> and StudioCanal<\/a> on Wednesday unveiling plans for Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom. <\/p>\n

\n\tSky will be the U.K. distributor releasing the movie in cinemas and on Sky Cinema. Independent studio Aardman, known for its stop-motion franchises, including Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run, has partnered with Canal+ unit StudioCanal<\/a> as the global partner outside the U.K. in the companies\u2019 fourth collaboration following Shaun the Sheep Movie<\/a>, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmaggedo<\/a>n, and Early Man.<\/p>\n

\n\tStudioCanal will launch worldwide sales at Cannes.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom sees the residents of Mossy Bottom Farm looking forward to Halloween \u2013 until\u202fthe clumsy Farmer trashes the flock\u2019s beloved pumpkin patch!\u201d reads a synopsis for the new film. \u201cWhen Shaun turns mad scientist to fix the problem, things rapidly spiral out of control\u2026 With The Farmer missing and a wild beast roaming the woods of Mossingham, all the ingredients are in place for a monstrously fun family adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is written by Mark Burton (Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, Paddington in Peru, Shaun the Sheep Movie) and Giles Pilbrow (Horrible Histories, Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas) and will be directed by Steve Cox (Shaun\u202fthe\u202fSheep:\u202fThe\u202fFlight Before Christmas) and Matthew Walker (Lloyd of\u202fthe\u202fFlies). <\/p>\n

\n\tRichard Beek (Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl) serves as producer, with Nick Park<\/a>, Peter Lord, Carla Shelley, and Sarah Cox as studio executive producers.\u202f<\/p>\n

\n\tShaun the Sheep is \u201cone of Aardman\u2019s best-performing properties, broadcast in 170 territories worldwide\u201d on TV, with a seventh season airing later this year, according to the company. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cShaun the Sheep is an iconic character, beloved by viewers of all ages around the world. In our new animated movie, we bring family-friendly thrills to this light-hearted, spooky Halloween adventure,\u201d said Sarah Cox, chief creative director at Aardman. \u201cExpect smashed pumpkins, wayward science, and a wild hairy beast on the loose in Mossy Bottom \u2013 all delivered with the flock\u2019s trademark joyous comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnna Marsh<\/a>, CEO of StudioCanal, deputy CEO of Canal+ & chief content officer of Canal+, and Ron Halpern, executive vp, global production at StudioCanal, said: \u201cWe are so delighted to be in development and pre-production on Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThey added: \u201cWe have taken such pride in establishing Shaun the Sheep and the flock as a cinematic must for audiences across the globe and in this \u2013 our third feature film in the franchise \u2013 we have a tantalizing seasonal hook in Halloween with thrills, spills, surprises, a touch of science and characters old and new. We cannot wait to reveal more of this highly anticipated family treat in the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis new Aardman feature film follows the recent success of the studio\u2019s Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, \u201cwhich broke viewing records in the Christmas period as it became the most-watched animated film broadcast on British television since modern viewing records began in 2002,\u201d the company noted. The film also won two BAFTA Film Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shaun the Sheep is gearing up for a third feature film, with Aardman Animations and StudioCanal on Wednesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[39626,77,522,3943,39627,39628,39629,25298,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-81728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-aardman-animations","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-international","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-nick-park","13":"tag-shaun-the-sheep-movie","14":"tag-shaun-the-sheep-movie-farmageddon","15":"tag-studiocanal","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114466337858059056","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}