Chicken Run
A vegan morality tale? Chicken Run sequel puts factory farming in spotlight
Film-maker Aardman says Dawn of the Nugget doesn’t aim to preach but campaigners hope movie can help change diets
Catherine Shoard
10, Dec, 2023 @6:19 PM
Jane Horrocks: ‘I’d love to be a baddie in a Tarantino movie’
The actor answers your questions on working with Mike Leigh, starring in a New Order video and dressing as a giant Snoopy at Harrods
Rich Pelley
30, Nov, 2023 @3:00 PM
Post your questions for Jane Horrocks
Now is your chance to find out how to sing like Julie Garland, deal with being Edina Monsoon’s PA and play a critically acclaimed chicken
Rich Pelley
23, Nov, 2023 @1:33 PM
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget review – poultry derring-do boosted by some showstopping gags
The sequel to the 2000 hit verges on formulaic, feeling a little like it’s been produced by AI. But it’s largely redeemed by decent jokes and a lively, likable cast
Peter Bradshaw
14, Oct, 2023 @3:07 PM
Julia Sawalha furious after being told she is 'too old' for Chicken Run sequel
Actor feels ‘plucked, stuffed and roasted’ as she’s told she will not voice Ginger in the upcoming Chicken Run 2
Andrew Pulver
10, Jul, 2020 @12:09 PM
Nick Park and Jane Horrocks: how we made Chicken Run
‘Steven Spielberg flew us to LA in a private jet to ask if we had any ideas for feature films. We met in a famous chicken restaurant’
Interviews by Kate Samuelson
22, Jun, 2020 @3:40 PM
Aardman's 20 best films – ranked!
From early experiments in claymation TV to its forthcoming Shaun the Sheep big-screen sequel, we rate the animation studio’s output
Andrew Pulver
19, Sep, 2019 @12:10 PM
Early Man: watch the first trailer for the new film from Wallace and Gromit creators
The latest effort from Aardman Animations, makers of Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run, is a stop-motion prehistoric romp starring Eddie Redmayne
Guardian film
16, Mar, 2017 @10:08 AM
Shinto daydreams
Spirited Away is the most successful Japanese film ever. Chicken Run's Nick Park pays tribute to its creator.
Nick Park
01, Aug, 2003 @1:15 AM
Chicken Run makers sued for 'plagiarism'
Sussex author sues Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks and Nick Parks's Aardman over plot of Chicken Run
Staff and agencies
27, Jun, 2003 @9:49 AM
Feathers fly in Chicken Run row
Aardman's hit film was copied from my book insists children's author.
Vanessa Thorpe, arts correspondent
18, Mar, 2001 @1:36 PM
Video releases
Chicken Run | Gangster No 1 | Stir of Echoes
Rob Mackie
08, Dec, 2000 @1:18 PM
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