"Shaun The Sheep" fans be happy as the "Shaun The Sheep" movie is now in production according to Aardman Animation!
StudioCanal and Aardman has begun shooting The "Shaun the Sheep" movie, set to open in UK cinemas on March 20, 2015.
Richard Starzak, the director of the movie who has helmed the TV series for the last five years, said: "We're really excited to have started shooting although we may have to start Bitzer's shots later once he's out of A&E having had his nose fixed!" Mark Burton, co-writer of Curse of the Were-Rabbit, co-directs and has penned the script.
According to Variety, the plot of the new Shaun The sheep movie will be "Shaun's mischief inadvertently leads to the farmer being taken away from his farm. Shaun, Bitzer and the flock must brave the big city to rescue him. "
Shaun first appeared in Aardman's Oscar-winning short movie "Wallace & Gromit A Close Shave".
Aardman Animations scored huge success in 2012 with The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists! Featuring the voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton and Jeremy Piven, the movie grossed $123 million against a budget of $55 million and was nominated for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
David Sproxton, Aardman's executive chairman and a producer on The Pirates! Said of the company's latest movie: "Shaun and his friends have a massive global following and we are very excited about being able to put them into a bigger adventure for the big screen." Olivier Courson, StudioCanal's CEO, said: "Shaun is a character you love at first sight whatever your age. We are really happy to work with Aardman; it's such a talented team."
Shaun The Sheep is very successful world-wide and its series has spawned a spin-off, following the school life of the character "Timmy" in "Timmy Time"
