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Netflix has launched the primary trailer for Aardman’s subsequent film: a comply with as much as the animation studio’s beloved 2000 poultry jailbreak Rooster Run. As with all good sequels, it appears like a twist on the unique—this time the Chickens have to interrupt in to someplace fairly than escape.
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Sure, this time Ginger (now performed by Thandiwe Newton, changing unique Rooster Run star Julia Sawalha) and her mates, having escaped to island paradise on the finish of the primary film, discover themselves staging a break-in at an elaborately high-tech rooster farm—suppose a little bit extra Bond villain base, and rather less nesting huts and hay. However the extra issues have modified within the final 20 years of rooster farming, some issues have stayed the identical… like the very fact the farm is run by none apart from Miranda Richardson’s returning villain Melisha Tweedy, by new villains Dr. Fry (Nick Mohammed) and Reginald Smith (Peter Serafinowicz).
Rooster Run: Daybreak of the Nugget | Official Teaser | Netflix
All of it appears suitably goofy as one would anticipate out of Aardman’s riff on Mission: Inconceivable—a franchise that’s solely gotten wilder since Rooster Run first launched—however what’s most attention-grabbing right here is seeing among the new voice forged in motion. Loads of acquainted stars return, like Imelda Staunton, Lynn Ferguson, and Jane Horrocks as hen trio Bunty, Mac, and Babs, however they’re all anchored across the controversial alternative of Sawalha as Ginger, and the a lot much less controversial alternative of Mel Gibson as Rocky the Rooster, now performed by Shazam star Zach Levi. The latter was extra crucial given the trajectory of Gibson’s persona within the final 20 years, but it surely’ll be attention-grabbing to see simply how the brand new forged vibes with the returning stars.
Rooster Run: Daybreak of the Nugget hits Netflix December 15.
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