ROTTEN TOMATOES: Wallace & Gromit Returning for Christmas 2008

Wallace & Gromit Returning for Christmas 2008

Park working on 30-minute BBC short.

by Jeff Giles | October 04, 2007

Good news, Wallace and Gromit fans: Aardman will soon be bringing the duo back to a (small) screen near you.

Variety reports that Aardman's Nick Park will begin production on the 30-minute adventure Wallace & Gromit: Trouble at' Mill in January, with an eye toward a Christmas 2008 debut on BBC1. From the article:

In "Mill," Wallace and Gromit open a bakery but Wallace becomes sidetracked by a love interest, Piella Bakewell. With his master distracted, Gromit is left to solve a murder.

"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. 'Trouble at' Mill' will be so much quicker to make, and I can't wait to get back into production," Park said.

"It's nice to be out of that feature film pressure now," Park told the BBC. "I'm making this for myself again and the people who love Wallace and Gromit."

For more on Trouble at' Mill -- including a short film -- be sure to visit the Wallace and Gromit website at the second link below!

Source: Variety
Source: Wallace and Gromit

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rustdog writes:
on Oct 04 2007 07:17 AM

5 years is way too long to spend on a film that was very uneven. Can't he just hire a bunch of sweatshop workers to help him out.

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jacog writes:
on Oct 04 2007 07:50 AM

Dare I say that the problem might have been the Dreamworks connection. I bet there was a lot of "hey you should put some of this crap in to make it appeal to American audiences". I think American film studios think that American audiences are dumb.

All 'n all a good film though.

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witherwings writes:
on Oct 04 2007 08:30 AM

Most Americans are dumb, jacog.

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Bruce Campbell writes:
on Oct 04 2007 08:40 AM

In reply to this comment (#1167773)
Uneven?

Says who? The 5 percent of people that didn't like it?

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minderbinder writes:
on Oct 04 2007 10:50 AM

Trouble at' Mill?

Isn't that an odd title? Is Mill a place? And what's with that apostrophe floating there, I'd think it was a typo but it shows up more than once?

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Pilgermann writes:
on Oct 04 2007 10:56 AM

Most Americans are dumb? Yes, but most of the world is dumb for that matter.

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DieScurvyDog writes:
on Oct 04 2007 11:55 AM

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From Urban Dictionary...

Term: "trouble at the mill"

Archaic term originating in the industrial North of England.

Similar in meaning to the **** hit the fan

The'v layed off 200 hundred at Crossleys, the'll be trouble at 't mill, you mark my words.

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Bane Of Anubis writes:
on Oct 04 2007 11:55 AM

"...because good is dumb."

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Ciaranmv writes:
on Oct 04 2007 12:23 PM

CHEESE GROMIT!! I liked Wererabbit, don't think it's the best, but I think these ideas work better in 30 minutes than they do in an hour and a half.

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monkeyonaspring writes:
on Oct 04 2007 12:25 PM

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Exactly, watch any good british comedy (especially the Spanish Inquisition episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus) for it's usage.

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on Oct 04 2007 02:48 PM

Haha, spanish inquisition. Classic.

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minderbinder writes:
on Oct 04 2007 03:54 PM

Thanks for the explanation of the phrase. I still don't really get the odd apostrophe though instead of calling it "Trouble at the Mill".

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