Aardman Animations have just recently begun production on their 2018-bound feature Early Man, which features the return of director Nick Park. With the voices of Eddie Redmayne and the newly added Tom Hiddleston, the prehistoric-set comedy will take well over a year to be animated, but in the meantime, the company has already announced their next feature.
They’ve revealed they will be making a sequel to one of the best animations of the century thus far, Shaun the Sheep Movie. Yes, your favorite quadrupedal, ruminant mammals will be back in Shaun the Sheep Movie 2, coming from director Richard Starzak. No story details are known at the moment, but pre-production is planned to begin this January.
“Shaun’s move to the big screen proved such a success with audiences around the world that he and the flock are very excited to be embarking on another big screen adventure,” David Sproxton, co-founder and executive chairman of Aardman says. “Aardman is partnering with StudioCanal once again to produce another rip-roaring comedy, featuring Shaun and the rest of the gang in a story that takes them to even greater heights of lunacy.“
As we await more details on the highly-anticipated animation, check out the first teaser image above and an Early Man preview below.
Early Man will arrive in 2018 and Shaun the Sheep 2 has yet to get a release window.