Don't panic, Gromit!

[LeMarchand]

The factory that Aardman Animation source the clay they use from has closed down, leading to worries that they would be running out of the clay. They bought all remaining stocks and have plans in place for future productions.

 

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-11-20/aardman-calms-fears-of-clay-crisis-ahead-of-new-films

[6Foot2]

Direct link to Aardman's statement:

 

Link:

[Aardman Picture Post]

 

[6Foot2]

 

The animation wizards behind Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep are back with a sequel to their 2000 hit feature, "Chicken Run." Correspondent Seth Doane visits the Bristol, England studios of Aardman Animations, where artists have painstakingly filmed "Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget," a comic adventure in which daredevil chickens seek to rescue their precious hen from a dastardly factory farm. (Think "Chicken: Impossible.")