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Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
Teaser Trailer Sets US Release Date
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GKIDS has revealed the teaser trailer and release date for
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, the next installment
of Aardman Animations' stop-motion animated franchise. This comes
after GKIDS officially acquired the U.S. distribution rights from
Studiocanal.

Check out Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom teaser
trailer below:

Teaser Trailer (20secs)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NplYupd2lI>

When is the release date for Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy
Bottom?
The teaser trailer confirmed that Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of
Mossy Bottom will officially arrive in U.S. theaters later this
year on Halloween. The movie will release just in time for Aardman
Animations' upcoming 50th anniversary celebration this year. At
the moment, further details about its plot are still under wraps,
but the teaser trailer unveiled a glimpse of the movie's titular
new character.

"We are so excited! I have been an Aardman super-fan since the
earliest days of the studio, from the Academy Award-winning Creature
Comforts and original Wallace & Gromit shorts, through Rex the Runt,
Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and, of
course, the beloved Shaun the Sheep," GKIDS founder and CEO Eric
Beckman said in a statement (via Variety).

"For decades, Aardman has forged a unique place in the hearts of
fans by infusing so much love, humor, and humanity into the
hand-crafted art of stop-motion. Aardman is absolutely one-of-a-kind,
and we could not be more thrilled to be working together at long
last."

The movie is directed by Steve Cox and Matthew Walker, with Mark
Burton and Giles Pilbrow writing the screenplay. The third
installment will feature the return of Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes,
and Kate Harbour, who have been playing the respective roles of
Shaun, Timmy, the Farmer, Bitzer, Timmy's mother, and Merly since the
first movie in 2015. It was based on the popular British animated
series created by Nick Park and Aardman Animations.

Aardman MD Sean Clarke added, "We have been longtime friends and fans
of GKIDS. Their unparalleled track record in bringing acclaimed
international animation to American audiences makes them an ideal
partner for us, and we are excited to be working together to bring
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom to American audiences this
Halloween."



<https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/2081609-shaun-the-sheep-the-beast-of-mossy-bottom-teaser-trailer-release-date>





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