CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET

The sequel to the successful Aardman stop-motion animation returns for the second installment of Chicken Run (2000), with CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET (2023).

Following on from the screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick, the long awaited sequel follows the adventures of Ginger and Rocky after successfully escaping Tweedy's Chicken farm. With the arrival of Ginger and Rocky's new daughter, Molly, it appears that Ginger's fairytale ending has finally come true. However, the entire chicken population is now confronted with a menacing new danger on the mainland led by a familiar foe. Determined to safeguard their freedom, even if it means endangering it, Ginger and her team are determined to break in.

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget had its world premiere at the 67th London Film Festival on 14 October 2023 to generally favorable reviews.

The new film is set a few years later, in the early 1950s, at the birth of fast food. The chicken nugget factory is a vast, Dr Strangelove-meets-Bond-villain concrete complex, with the chickens helter-skeltered into a Day-Glo faux-funfair. Their only escape is a pink and blue escalator, complete with lights and music, which transports the beatific chosen ones to the nugget-maker.

“We want the film to be engaging and entertaining and a great ride, mostly,” says the film’s director, Sam Fell. “But yes, if you come away and you think a little bit more like a chicken by the end of it, then that’s not a bad thing.”

The series will also feature several United Voices artists, such as Jane Horrocks , David Bradley and Nick Mohammed . The sequel will preview this Friday, December 15th on Netflix UK. We would also like to mention the wonderful Aardman and Netflix, who helped bring the sequel to life.