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News Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

The Nth Doctor

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Everyone's lovable psychotic (actual) penguin is returning for vengeance!

From Tudum:

Every Wallace & Gromit installment needs a great villain, and the new film is no exception. Titled Vengeance Most Fowl, the latest stop-motion entry follows our favorite inventor and his loyal pooch as they face off against a brand-new chicken opponent — wait a second, he’s removing something from his head. No! It can’t be! That’s no chicken! It’s Feathers McGraw!
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Aardman’s four-time Academy Award-winning director Nick Park and Emmy Award-nominated Merlin Crossingham return with a brand-new epic adventure, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. In this next installment, Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his master … or Wallace may never be able to invent again!

“Returning to Wallace and Gromit is like meeting up with family friends,” Park told Netflix, adding that he thinks fans share that sense of connection. “People respond to them because they feel so familiar. They’re like an old, married couple in some ways, who know each other so well –– it’s a sort of love/hate relationship, but when the chips are down, they are always there for each other. Wallace pushes Gromit’s loyalty to the extreme, and Gromit always wants Wallace to change. It’s something everyone can relate to.”
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The original voice of Wallace, Peter Sallis, passed away in 2017. He’s succeeded by Ben Whitehead, an Aardman stalwart.

Wallace’s loyal canine companion Gromit is, of course, entirely silent, as is Feathers McGraw. Their personalities are entirely teased out by Aardman’s peerless team of stop-motion animators. Other cast members in Vengeance Most Fowl include Peter Kay (reprising his role as PC Mackintosh from Were-Rabbit), Lauren Patel, Reece Shearsmith, Diane Morgan, Adjoa Andoh, Muzz Khan, and Lenny Henry.
I'm very excited about this news! Not only are we finally getting another Wallace & Gromit adventure (I can't believe it's been sixteen years since the last non-short!), but it's going to be sequel to easily my favorite story.
 
If Julian Nott is back as composer as well, so count me in for this!


Bonus points if at some point the Penguin says quietly: "Do bee do bee dooo..."
 
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Beat me to it! I can't wait. :D

If they're going with the Phantom of the Opera gag, then if we ever see the evil penguin again, they might as well go with the James Bond sight gag and have him spin around in a chair petting a fluffy white cat.
I can only dare to dream to hope!
 
For some reason I thought this was coming out later in the month so I didn't watch it until today. But it was well worth the wait because the film was crackin' good fun with plenty of silly puns (although not nearly enough of cheese-related ones), genre riffs, and self-references. I loved all of the twists and turns of the adventure and I particularly enjoyed the double turnip switcheroo (even if both were predictable). My only disappointment was that Wallace's password wasn't Wensleydale but I suppose simply "cheese" was the better gag for the new audiences.

I missed the "Flippin' Nora" line that confused the poor Netflix executives. I forgot to keep ear out for it. I guess I'll have to watch the film again. Aw, rats!

Feathers McGraw is on the lam yet again. I wonder if we'll see the dastardly bastard again some time down the road...
 
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