Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is being directed by Sam Fell (Flushed Away, ParaNorman) from a screenplay written by Karey Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell, and Rachel Tunnard.
Described as a comedy action-adventure with a moving family story at its heart, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget will mark the latest collaboration between Netflix and Aardman following last year’s musical short film Robin Robin.
The long-awaited sequel to 2000’s acclaimed stop-motion animated film has now been officially titled Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget.
It is set to feature the voices of Shazam! star Zachary Levi and Thandiwe Newton (Westworld ), who are replacing original stars Mel Gibson and Julia Sawalha for the respective leading roles of Rocky and Ginger.