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The animation coming to Netflix: ‘Chicken Run’, medieval fantasy, Adam Sandler…

The history of animation is practically as old as that of cinema itself, with ohpoor Pierrot! of Emile Reynaud as the first surviving film, no less than a tape from 1892. However, the history of animation as far as Netflix is ​​concerned is much shorter, and its path only started more than 3 years ago, with the premiere of Klaushis first film exclusively in this format. However, since then it has not stopped growing.

Just a few months ago Netflix hit the ceiling with Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro, the film that has earned him his first Oscar for best animated feature film, just 3 years after they got their first nomination, precisely with Klaus.

But no matter how high the platform has reached, it does not intend to stop there, and that is why it has just announced a new batch of films from all possible genres and styles of animation in what promises to be a new wave of animated cinema. New faces, old acquaintances or sequels that come a long time later, such as Chicken Run. It is never too late if the animation is good.

‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’

'Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget'
‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’
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Probably one of the longest coming animated sequels, but the important thing is that it has. This time the legendary Aardman studio embraces the wings of Netflix to illuminate this second part of what is already a classic of contemporary animation like Chicken Run: Farm Escapethat film in which a group of chickens got together to escape from the farm before they were turned into cake.

The hen gingerthe rooster rocky and the rest of the team return in this sequel, in addition to molly, a little baby with whom Ginger will believe she has achieved happiness. But soon she and the rest will realize that a new threat hangs over the chicken coop… Chicken Run: Dawn of the nugget will arrive on Netflix will have its premiere at the Annecy animation festival before its arrival on the platform, which is expected to be later this year.

‘Leo’: Adam Sanlder’s nice iguana

The chickens are not the only ones that will be seen on Netflix in the coming months. An iguana that is given a voice by none other than Adam Sandler It will also be one of the highlights of the season, starring Leo, a coming of age musical about a girl who discovers that her iguana can talk. Sandler, who for years has been collaborating uninterruptedly with the platform and who has just launched criminals in sightwill give a new leap in animation after giving voice to the mythical Dracula in the saga Transylvania hotel.

‘That Christmas’: Richard Curtis returns home for Christmas

The name of Richard Curtis, author of the scripts for films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral either notting hillhas been inevitably associated with Christmas thanks to love actually, A true Christmas classic. Until now, though, we’d never have linked the writer-director to animation, and Netflix is ​​about to change that.

That Christmas It will be the screenwriter’s first foray into Netflix and his second animation job (25 years after Robbie the Deer), in this case counting on the address of simon ottowho participated in the series Love, Death and Robots with the horror chapter titled The tall grass.

Fake unicorns, monkey kings and much more

Although the platform is still waiting to give new details, without a doubt the project that has raised the most expectation is Nimonathe comic book adaptation of N.D. Stevensonresponsible for other works of contemporary animated fiction such as She-Ra and the princesses of power.

'Nimona'
‘Nimona’
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This film, set in a medieval future, will tell the story of a young woman with the gift of metamorphosis, Nimona, who will have to flee after being accused of a crime she did not commit. In the absence of more details, we can say that the film will also have a premiere at the Annecy festival and that the main voices will be provided by Chloe Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed and Eugene Lee Yang as well as the address of Troy Quane and Nick BrunoResponsable of spies in disguise.

Beyond the world of Nimona, in the coming months and during 2024 we will find new animated adventures on Netflix, such as those of The Monkey King, Thelma the unicorn, Ultraman or Sandy Cheeks aka Sandy, SpongeBob’s sidekick who will soon get her own solo adventure. Netflix animation has come to stay.

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