It might be a while before we see Wallace and Gromit on the big screen again, but the world's foremost cheese enthusiast and his canine friend will return to the small screen next Christmas.
Multi-Oscar winner and owner of many large bow ties Nick Park today announced details of Trouble At' Mill, which starts shooting in January and will screen on BBC 1 over Christmas 2008. This will be the first TV adventure for the duo since A Close Shave.
“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 5 years to complete," said Park. "Trouble At’ Mill will be so much quicker to make and I can’t wait to get back into production.”
In this latest adventure, Wallace and Gromit have turned their home into a bakery, with a windmill on the roof, all as part of their 'dough to door' delivery service. But no Wallace and Gromit story would be complete without a little mystery and here Gromit becomes worried by the fact that twelve bakers have recently gone missing (there'll be a gag about Wallace making it the baker's dozen in there somewhere). But Wallace has other things on his mind, namely the shapely form of local baked good enthusiast Piella Bakewell.
You can see a short interview with Park about the new film here and check out the production art below. Cracking! Oh, we could help it.