Chicken Run studio Aardman is apparently running out of clay
The factory that made the studio's go-to modeling clay has apparently shut down, and Aardman only has enough for one more film
In news that could spell disaster for cheese-obsessed animated inventors the world over, long-running British animation studio Aardman Animations—famous for the Wallace & Gromit films, Shaun The Sheep, and, currently, the upcoming Chicken Run sequel, Dawn Of The Nugget—is apparently running out of clay. This is per a report from The Telegraph, which revealed that the factory that’s been providing the studio with the crafting materials that’ve helped its animators achieve the studio’s signature look for decades has apparently shut down. Aardman apparently bought up as much of the Plasticine-esque material—formally known as Lewis Newplast—as it could get its hands on when the news broke. But they only apparently only procured enough of the stuff for one more film, the new Wallace & Gromit movie that’s currently slated for 2024.