Two years ago Aardman Animations suffered a devastating fire that wiped out nearly all of their original Wallace & Gromit props, sets, and figures. Finally, there's happier news from across the pond- the BBC reports that the duo are returning in a new half-hour television production, Trouble At' Mill. Nick Park is cowriting the episode with his old collaborator from A Close Shave and The Wrong Trousers, Bob Baker.
Says Park, "I love making films for the cinema but the production of Chicken Run and Curse of the Were-Rabbit were virtually back to back and each film took five years to complete.
It's nice to be out of that feature film pressure now. I don't feel like I'm making a film for a kid in some suburb of America - and being told they're not going to understand a joke, or a northern saying.
I'm making this for myself again and the people who love Wallace and Gromit."
This time around Wallace & Gromit, who now run a bakery out of their home, are involved in a murder mystery. It introduces "bread enthusiast" Piella Bakewell, yet another love interest for Wallace. You know, for a middle aged eccentric who lives with his dog, Wallace is a real player. I wonder if he'll also leave this lady so he can continue his purely platonic adventures with his canine roommate.
It airs in the UK in late 2008, so I guess we won't see a DVD here in the colonies until 2009. Which might as well be forever. Until then I'll be wearing out our Were-Rabbit DVD.
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