Aardman Animations Launches "Shaun the Sheep" in U.S.Oscar[R]-Winning Studio's Children's TV Success Story Snapped Up By Disney Channel  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.
Show Just Named "Best TV Production" at Annecy Animation Festival BRISTOL, U.K. -- Aardman Animations Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, is an Academy Award winning British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. Aardman is famous for its claymation/stop-motion animation productions, particularly plasticine duo Wallace & Gromit. , producer of the Academy Award(R)-winning feature film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, as well as Chicken Run and Flushed Away, has found an American home For the American mortgage lender, see . The American Home is a center of intercultural exchange located in Vladimir, Russia. The home is designed to model a typical American suburban home and its main focus is the ESL school that provides lessons for Russian students. for its internationally successful children's property Shaun the Sheep (www.shaunthesheep.com). The animated series, which just last week won the Cristal Award as "Best TV Production" at the Annecy Animated Film Festival, will premiere on Disney Channel on Sunday, July 8(th) in prime time. Since its successful launch as the most viewed show at MipCom 2006, the property has sold to primary broadcasters in 145 territories including Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Spain, Germany, India, France, Benelux, Japan, and Latin America. Targeted at kids 5-10, Shaun the Sheep follows the comedic misadventures of a young sheep who leads his barnyard buddies into all sorts of funny and calamitous ca·lam·i·tous adj. Causing or involving calamity; disastrous. ca·lam  i·tous·ly adv. situations, turning peace in the valley
into mayhem in the meadow. As a character, Shaun was first introduced
(some would say he stole the show!) in director Nick Park's
Oscar-winning animated short A Close Shave and his lovable hijinks hi·jinks pl.n. Variant of high jinks. Noun 1. hijinks - noisy and mischievous merrymaking high jinks, high jinx, jinks jollification, merrymaking, conviviality - a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity will surely delight American audiences. "Shaun was always destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to be the star of his own show," says Miles Bullough, Aardman's Head of Broadcast and executive producer of the series. "The show has been hugely popular with broadcasters around the world and we're thrilled that Disney Channel will bring its enormous marketing expertise to his American debut." ABOUT AARDMAN: Aardman Animations, Inc., based in Bristol (UK) and run by co-founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton, is a world leader in animation. It produces feature films, television series, and television commercials for the domestic and international markets. Aardman's debut feature film, Chicken Run has grossed over $225M worldwide ($104 million in U.S.) and its Wallace and Gromit short films have won countless awards including two Oscars. The feature film Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (released in 2005) won the Academy Award for "Outstanding Animated Film." |
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