Four-time Oscar winner Nick Park and his Aardman Productions have netted stop-motion animation’s finest, most clever, laugh-out-loud creations. His third Oscar-winning animated short film starring Wallace & Gromit, A Close Shave, introduced Aardman’s international audience to Shaun, a “teenage” sheep whose adventuresome spirit gets him into trouble and who went on to star in several series and films of his own. The latest movie is coming this year in time for Halloween, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, a story that catches up with the animals of Mossy Bottom Farm readying for Halloween. When the Farmer trashes the pumpkin patch, Shaun turns mad scientist and his flock of friends and the resident hound dog encounter a hairy giant beast.
So who’s in? Check out the first trailer for Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom:
The brilliance of these Aardman creations are how the animals don’t speak–in fact there is not much dialogue throughout a Shaun the Sheep show, which makes these films perfectly accessible for the very youngest audience members. The precision of the stop-motion animation keeps Aardman at the top of this classic film medium. Genre fans keep your eyes peeled for Aardman’s typical variety of pop culture references.
Unlike many of the past shorts, this is a full-length 91-minute movie. In case you missed them, take note of our review of Shaun in the Christmas tale The Flight Before Christmas here, then there’s the sci-fi movie Farmageddon, the historical comedy Early Man, and our discussion of Aardman’s Pirates! Before that, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Look for Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom in theaters September 18, 2026.
