Aardman’s newest stop-motion film finds our hapless inventor and faithful canine companion wrestling with a 21st-century issue that is making headlines around the globe - the rise of AI - before concluding that there are some things a machine just can’t do; now streaming on Netflix.
Aardman’s all-new stop-motion comedy adventure, nominated for a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award for best animated feature, follows Wallace’s new invention - Norbot, a ‘smart’ gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own; film hits the streamer today, January 3.
Go behind-the-scenes with Ben Whitehead, the voice of Wallace, as he talks elongated vowels, phonetic sounds, and how ‘necessity is the mother-in-law of invention’ in this new video that also features some nifty time-lapse stop-motion production and new character PC Mukhergee, voiced by Lauren Patel; film hits the streamer January 3.
Directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham bring back the enigmatic villain Feathers McGraw in Aardman and Netflix’s new comedy, combining animation mastery with nuanced, non-speaking characters that never work as hard as when they’re not moving.
Aardman’s highly-anticipated stop-motion animated feature, which follows Wallace’s new invention - Norbot, a ‘smart’ gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own - releases in theaters December 18 and hits the streamer January 3, 2025.
Aardman and Fictioneers’ new city-scale augmented reality experience transforms Bristol and Cardiff in the UK, and San Francisco in the US, into virtual stages; for a limited time, the app is free on iOS and Android devices in the UK.
