Netflix has confirmed that a Chicken Run sequel will be heading to its streaming service, with production expected to begin next year.
The streaming giant announced the cracking news in a tweet on Tuesday, exactly two decades after Aardman’s original stop-motion adventure swooped onto the big screen.
POULTRY NEWS: Exactly 20 years to the day since the original was released, we can confirm there will be a Chicken Run sequel coming to Netflix!! Produced by @aardman, production is expected to begin next year. Eggsellent.
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) June 23, 2020
Netflix tweeted: “POULTRY NEWS: Exactly 20 years to the day since the original was released, we can confirm there will be a Chicken Run sequel coming to Netflix!! Produced by Aardman, production is expected to begin next year. Eggsellent.”
Alongside this announcement, Aardman shared an official synopsis for the film: “Having pulled off a death-defying escape from Tweedy’s farm, Ginger has finally found her dream – a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock, far from the dangers of the human world. When she and Rocky hatch a little girl called Molly, Ginger’s happy ending seems complete. But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat. For Ginger and her team, even if it means putting their own hard-won freedom at risk – this time, they’re breaking in!”
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Sam Fell, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind Aardman Animation’s Flushed Away and the Laika-produced ParaNorman, is attached to direct the sequel, with Peter Lord, Carla Shelley and Karey Kirkpatrick returning as executive producers. Steve Pegram and Leyla Hobart will produce the poultry picture, and Nick Park will be involved in a consulting role. Rachel Tunnard is teaming up with original Chicken Run writers Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell on the script.
“Fans around the world have waited patiently for a sequel idea worthy of Chicken Run so we’re delighted to announce, on the 20th anniversary, that we’ve found the perfect story,” Aardman’s Peter Lord, who co-directed the original claymation comedy with Nick Park, said in a statement. “Netflix feels like the ideal creative partner for this project too: they celebrate the film-maker, which means we can make the film we want to make – the one we really care about – and share it with a global audience.”
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The original Chicken Run film was a huge box office hit, making $225 million worldwide on a modest $45 million production budget, and to this date, it remains the highest-grossing stop motion animated film in history. It also earned a spot on our list of Top 10 DreamWorks Animation movies, however, DreamWorks will have no involvement in the upcoming sequel as they ended their partnership with Aardman in 2006.
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Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
Source: IGN.com Chicken Run 2 Confirmed by Netflix, 20 Years After the Original