Wallace and Gromit are back! No, not another Hollywood-flavored feature film, but a return to the charming exceedingly northern British excellence of Aardman’s Wallace and Gromit short films like A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, and A Close Shave. The BBC announced the short, “
A Matter of Loaf and Death“, in which the duo own a bakery – Top Bun – only to find that a “cereal killer” is targeting all the bakers in town.
The 30-minute short is to debut during this Christmas season… but sadly it appears only on BBC1 thus far. But one can cross fingers.
In other Excellent British Animation news, my buddies over at
StudioAKA have a new short based on the children’s book “Lost and Found” by Oliver Jeffers. In true AKA style, the crew has put a LOT more into this film than was in the book. That said, the book was so charming I bought it last Christmas and thought seriously about trying to animate it myself. Darn you, StudioAKA! Always one step ahead… and lightyears more creative, of course.
The 25-minute film is directed by Philip Hunt, and will be on TV on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas for the uninitiated) but… once again, and alas… only in the UK. For more info, see the post at Cartoon Brew.
Did I tell you how much I enjoyed my trip to London? Oh, I did? OK.
Just asking. I have a couple of funny and/or embarrassing stories involving Zach Braff and the St. Martin’s Hotel staff that I never mentioned. If you want to hear, you know all you have to do is ask. (Though I should make it clear that the events are mostly unrelated).
Thanks to Tom Dell’Aringa for the tips…
