‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,’ Adam Sandler’s ‘Leo’, and ‘Nimona’ Sizzle At Netflix Animation Showcase
variety.comBen Croll Once again claiming a centerpiece slot at the Annecy Animation Festival, this year’s Netflix’s animation showcase teased upcoming title “Leo” with an intro from Adam Sandler, drew buzz for series like “Blue Eye Samurai” with a stirring display, and offered an extended behind the scenes peak at “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” with the creative team in tow.
Taking the stage to a warm welcome, Aardman co-founder Peter Lord, producer Leyla Hobart and the film’s director Sam Fell world premiered twelve minutes of fowl footage and shared technical details about a long-awaited sequel set to hatch on December 15 – the same end-of-year perch where Netflix placed “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.” “Dawn of the Nugget” picks up twelve (screen) years after the first film, and in the intervening decade Ginger and Rocky (now voiced by Thandiwe Newton and Zachary Levi) have had Molly (Bella Ramsey).
We meet the family in domestic idyll as they make the most of the island bird sanctuary they now call home. Only not all is right in paradise – back on the mainland an ominous new factory called Happy Land Farms has begun rounding up poultry on an industrial scale, while nearer still young Molly starts eyeing her habitat as another coop to fly.
For her part, Ginger has lost her taste for adventure. “We can’t risk our freedom in a world that finds chicken so… delicious,” she says at a group meeting, warning her gang away from investigating the matter.
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