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Big Plans for the Future
Aardman released its first feature film, Chicken Run, to critical and box office acclaim in 2000. Featuring a cast of chickens attempting to escape from a POW camp-styled chicken farm, the success of the film also proved that Aardman's appeal extended beyond Wallace and Gromit characters. The company's next project reached a snag in 2002, however, due to problems with the screenplay. That film, based on the "Tortoise and the Hare" fable, was put on hold indefinitely.
Nonetheless, Aardman continued to push ahead on a number of other fronts, including the development of a new Creature Comforts series. At the same time, the company began preproduction of the next Wallace and Gromit film, the first fulllength film to feature the popular characters. Although that film was not slated for release until mid-2005, the company moved to slake its fans' thirsts at the end of 2002, with the release of Cracking...
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