It was great news two months back when
Aardman Studio's formed a new partnership with Sony, so soon after they were dumped on
their ass by Dreamworks. There's still a lot of life left in Aardman cinema. Here are some of the projects they have up their sleeve according to an article over
Variety. Sadly it would seem there is no
Wallace and Gromit in the works...
THE CAT BURGLARSAshley Pharoah and
Matthew Graham, two writers of the U.K. hit show
Life on Mars will work alongside
Steve Box (co-director of last Wallace and Gromit movie) for
The Cat Burglars, a stop-frame claymation comedy about milk thieving stray cats. It's been described as a Wallace and Gromit style comedy, mixed with the coolness of
Ocean's Eleven, resulting in "a family friendly Tarantino" flick.
UNTITLED COMEDY ADAPTATION OF PIRATES Gideon Defoe's adventure book series Pirates will be directed by Aardman co-founder
Peter Lord, his first feature film since
Chicken Run in 2000.
Andy Riley and
Kevin Cecil who have penned episodes of
Little Britain will be working on the screenplay along with
Nick Park and Peter Lord.
OPERATION RUDOLPHBorat writer
Peter Baynham is developing
Operation Rudolph, an action film set on Christmas night which revolves around the idea that the North Pole and Santa are part of an ultra high-tech military procedure which sends out hundreds of elves on "combat" to deliver the presents to the children.
UNTITLED NICK PARK PROJECT No word on what this is but it's been reported that it won't be a further Wallace and Gromit movie.