“Shaun the Sheep” was ready for his closeup with his own movie, which Lionsgate unspooled Saturday in Westwood’s Regency Village theater with an interactive green carpet. They brought the farm with booths offering balloon toys, bumper cars and photo ops with Shaun.
The writing-directing team of Mark Burton and Richard Starzak said Shaun was ready for a spinoff thanks to his hugely popular TV show, which plays in 170 territories, as Starzak pointed out. Shaun made his debut in the 1995 Oscar-winning “Wallace and Gromit” short “A Close Shave.”
“He’s gotten quite big-headed and wants his own dry cleaner,” Burton said. “Very popular character, the farmer,” Starzak added. “He’s got a very big part in the film anyway.”
Jason Constantine, Lionsgate president of acquisitions and co-productions, said, “Aardman (Animation, the production company) for years and years has been the gold standard when it comes to stop motion and great family entertainment.
The writing-directing team of Mark Burton and Richard Starzak said Shaun was ready for a spinoff thanks to his hugely popular TV show, which plays in 170 territories, as Starzak pointed out. Shaun made his debut in the 1995 Oscar-winning “Wallace and Gromit” short “A Close Shave.”
“He’s gotten quite big-headed and wants his own dry cleaner,” Burton said. “Very popular character, the farmer,” Starzak added. “He’s got a very big part in the film anyway.”
Jason Constantine, Lionsgate president of acquisitions and co-productions, said, “Aardman (Animation, the production company) for years and years has been the gold standard when it comes to stop motion and great family entertainment.
- 8/2/2015
- by Shalini Dore
- Variety - Film News
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