Agreed, man, I loved the sequel. Still sad they did Julia dirty like that, but who knows, maybe they right the ship and give her the role for Ginger in the third movie. If they decide to make a third one.
Glad you enjoyed! Yeah it's a very bizarre situation, lead roles are generally only recast if the actor is no longer available, deemed too expensive, or involved in some kind of controversy. This is the first instance I've ever heard of an original actor being denied a role in a sequel for seemingly no reason.
@@SomeBoiOnline Yeah, it was stupid. And the reasons they tried to justify it, put people who were excited about the sequel off. Which hurt aardman in the long run. Huh.
That excuse about Julia's age was utter bullshit. And hypocritical too. Some of the other cast members from the first film are in their 60's. Imelda Staunton (Bunty) and Miranda Richardson (Mrs Tweedy) Julia is only 55. Yet Jane Horrocks returned as Babs. She's 59.
I like how they’re cameoing Wallace and gromit characters in their other projects. Because if you watch the Star Wars short that Aardman did for Star Wars visions, you can see the robot from a grand day out walking around
Tbh, They should really make an origin movie for mrs.tweedy .. because we don’t really know how she became the evil commandant of the farm in the first movie and factory owner in the second
@@battybuddyfun fact: during the behind the scenes video, they confirm that game "Wallace & Gromit: in Project Zoo" is set a year after The Wrong Trousers. The behind the scenes is in the game as an unlockable.
Definitely a shame Julia Sawalha didn't get recast as Ginger, but it's a lot more understandable Gibson wasn't due to his controversies. Haven't had a chance to watch the new film myself yet but one of my friends who has described it as being "like Toy Story" ...whatever that means 😅
Different media of course but Feathers McGraw makes an appearance as a villain in the Wallace & Gromit video game "Project Zoo" too on the Gamecube, Xbox and PS2! I've always considered it a sequel to The Wrong Trousers since it takes place in the zoo that he was made a prisoner of in that film 😁
@@SomeBoiOnline Came here to say that too, Project Zoo _feels like it "should" be canon_ because it feels like an actual W&G movie, just an interactive one.
@@WackoMcGoose It *is* canon, during the behind the scenes video, they confirm that game is set a year after The Wrong Trousers. The behind the scenes is in the game as an unlockable.
@@GavinsBazaar313 Well, yeah, of course it's set in the same timeline. But the events of Project Zoo have yet to be acknowledged in the "main series" (just looked it up, Zoo released in 2003 and Were-Rabbit came out in 2005, so it would've been fair game to mention "the incident at the zoo")...
12:41 Looks like you nailed it on the head. In hindsight it was a bit weird to see a new or dug up Feathers puppet just for the sake of a background cameo in a different Aardman property.
One thing I was joking about is that Mrs Tweedy actually looks a little… YOUNGER in this one, that if she was smart, she could have made bank on the gravy-based skin care treatment. But yeah, I was surprised that she survived falling into the nugget processor- they have her come out covered in breading in one piece and I’m like “NO- NO WAY SHES STILL ALIVE!” But I guess that could of been too horrifying. XD But I agree with you, the original chicken run IS better, but the second is still nice and I genuinely enjoyed it. … oh yeah, also I was cringing at the rats almost falling into the processor- cause that… ugh… has actually happened before.
Yes that's a good point actually, think it's the different hairstyle and clothes. Just to have her falling into the machine and cutting away would've been a fitting demise I think. Both great films, I dread to think about the rats now you mention it 😳
The scene where ginger was taking Molly to only look at her was very tense in a good way! Was one of my favorite scenes personally since it changed it from being cartoony in a way to serious.
I think it makes 100 percent sense that chicken run is in the same universe. We also don’t know if Chicken run 1/2 is before Wallace and gromit. There’s no technology or anything to say it’s not….
I think its probably just before Wallace and gromit. Also shaun the sheep would be in the same universe as well just after. And then you could also say The Pirates and Early man are from the same universe as well from back in history. And then Flushed away closer to modern day. Everything takes place in the Wallace and gromit universe. 🤯
I really hope we can get 4k Blu-ray releases of all stop-motion Aardman movies. The Studio Laika 4k Blu-rays were gorgeous. I believe there are sequels that are derivative and then there are sequels that are poetic. This is a poetic one. Like George Lucas would say, it "rhymes" with the original. Can't really imagine the Chicken Run-verse without the content from Dawn of the Nugget anymore.
@@SomeBoiOnlineanother question where did she got money to build such well protected fortress with military equipment, and army of mercenaries who does initial work of Mr.Tweedy. Despite in first movie she and Mr.Tweedy suffered from debts and way too small income to cover debts
I honestly think that Aardman should should definitely make more original movies. And even though this doesn't necessarliy mean that i dislike Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon and Chicken Run 2, i honestly prefer movies that offer something that we've never seen before, I could take movies like Early Man and Arthur Christmas for example.
Well to be fair, we did see him again since the Wrong he Trousers, in the form of the video game, Wallace & Gromit: Project Zoo. Great game, by the way! I got it for the Nintendo GameCube a few years back.
As much as I do like Dawn of the Nugget When I first heard they were doing a chicken run sequel I thought they were going to have to deal with the natural predators like Foxes and Weasels
It was enjoyable enough, had some good jokes, but was very hit or miss, some of them fell flat, had a few pacing issues as well. I doubt I'll watch it again though whereas I've watched the original a few times over the years as it's just absolutely brilliant
As fare as I know Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheap and Timmy Time is in the same Aardman Animations universe, so I'm fine with Chicken Run being in that same universe In this case I think the chickens busted Feathers McGraw out of the zoo
@@SomeBoiOnline Him being a Republican has nothing to do with it. He has a history of shit going back near enough 20 years now. Everything from speeding while drunk driving, racism, anti-semitism, and spousal abuse! The biggest mystery isn't why he's not in Chicken Run 2, but how he still has a career at all at this point? Sawalha on the other hand i don't get? She doesn't seem a controversial figure, and as for not sounding young enough they recast her with an actress only four years younger
Great video as always. Even though I enjoyed the story of Chicken Run 2 and think that Aardman did a great job at resurrecting the characters, I do prefer the first movie. Simply for the reason of there being less jokes and better timing thereof. In my opinion Chicken Run 2 looked too clean and vibrant. Especially the "Squid Game Playground" felt very out of place.
Thank you, I'd definitely agree with those points! "Clean and vibrant" might be to do with them cleaning up shots with CGI in post, giving everything a slightly artificial look - which is a shame. The atmosphere of the original film remains unmatched!
Rocky being recast is understandable but the others just smacks of money men and marketing numpties.. But as this is aimed at kids they are not going to care or probably even notice. The only people who are going to get bent out of shape are a minority of 'obsessives' and the terminally offended by 'whatever they are told should offend them' brigade. Looks like fun and def on our family Xmas TV watching list And yes The Tweedys still look like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
That Feathers cameo is so clever! And it makes sense considering he made a cameo in a Close Shave, Were-Rabbit and Loaf & Death. Lets's hope the chickens didn't accidentally break him out of prison again. Also, has anyone found that Wallace & Gromit cameo in Early Man yet? I've tried my hardest but I can't find them.
Chicken run 2 is a quite enjoyable film while it may not be as good as its predecessor and i will admit it does have some cliches where it has the over protective parent not wanting there child to go out into the world due to said parents dark past that type of plot has been done many times with films like finding nemo and the lion king 2 but it’s still a very enjoyable film with both enjoyable old characters (even if some of there original voice actors didn’t return due to either old age, controversy or sadly passing away preproduction) and some likeable new characters so overrall it may have some problems I quite enjoyed chicken run 2
Technically even if gingers voice sounded old it would actually be accurate as it takes place about 7 years after the first movie and ginger would be older. Its upsetting she got replaced
Julia Sawalha is only four years older than Thandiwe Newton which is bizarre. Plus, she like Newton has mixed parentage (Jordanian father). Can’t used the diversity excuse! Mel Gibson on the other hand… He really has gone downhill since 2000! I always felt it wasn’t ideal considering he did Braveheart, his Irish-American nationalism and Anglophobia, to be in a film set in Northern England! Guess they needed a star name then?
If feathers McGraw makes a comeback and is for some reason is voice acted, he needs to have a very thick Russian accent. He kinda gives me Russian hacker vibes
Hey dude, Ik it’s not about the chicken run but I just found out, you know they had the warehouse fire in 2005, they showed of recently that they still have a original Wallace with the techno trousers still years later !
I was just browsing around then opened TikTok and since I follow aardarman their most recent post is talking about they still have a orginal prop, also I kinda feel with that and the feathers teaser ?? Hmmmm suspect for what they got planned next year
It's just general northern atire. I have to say, I was a little disapointed that the film was a little less overly british than the first, with less northern and british slang. I was utterly confused by Fowler refering to himself as a "Rooster", given how against "Yanks" he was in the first film.
@@SomeBoiOnline For Julia Sawahla I doubt her age would have had that much of an effect on her performance, and as for Mel I think it’s overdue that we forgive him for his mistakes and let him grow as a person, like we’re supposed to do. It would have been great if they returned.
Agreed, man, I loved the sequel. Still sad they did Julia dirty like that, but who knows, maybe they right the ship and give her the role for Ginger in the third movie. If they decide to make a third one.
Glad you enjoyed! Yeah it's a very bizarre situation, lead roles are generally only recast if the actor is no longer available, deemed too expensive, or involved in some kind of controversy. This is the first instance I've ever heard of an original actor being denied a role in a sequel for seemingly no reason.
@@SomeBoiOnline Yeah, it was stupid. And the reasons they tried to justify it, put people who were excited about the sequel off. Which hurt aardman in the long run. Huh.
That excuse about Julia's age was utter bullshit. And hypocritical too.
Some of the other cast members from the first film are in their 60's. Imelda Staunton (Bunty) and Miranda Richardson (Mrs Tweedy)
Julia is only 55. Yet Jane Horrocks returned as Babs. She's 59.
And Mel Gibson?
@@benjaminbonser2505 He actually needed to be recasted. Mel is an antisemetic asshole, who beat his wife and openly used the N word.
I like how they’re cameoing Wallace and gromit characters in their other projects. Because if you watch the Star Wars short that Aardman did for Star Wars visions, you can see the robot from a grand day out walking around
Could they tease a new wallace and gromit with these cameos...
There's a Wallace cameo in an episode of Rex the Runt.
@@jamesbarrett9466what episode?
@@SpikePeanuts Adventures on Telly - Part 1 (S01E02) at ~ 05:25.
This new film was amazing
It was really lovely to watch, especially straight after the original!
Oh and fowler original actor pass away and he was recast
Tbh, They should really make an origin movie for mrs.tweedy .. because we don’t really know how she became the evil commandant of the farm in the first movie and factory owner in the second
13:37 Feathers McGraw actually made a cameo in a similar vein in 'A Close Shave' sat upon a cliff as Gromit goes by in his plane.
I remember seeing this but completely forgot to mention it! Long may Feathers continue to make sneaky cameos in Aardman films!
ive seen a close shave so many times and ive never noticed that lol
Feathers also took over the zoo in the one “operation zoo” videogame. Let’s face it, you just can’t keep that penguin under control.
@@battybuddyfun fact: during the behind the scenes video, they confirm that game "Wallace & Gromit: in Project Zoo" is set a year after The Wrong Trousers.
The behind the scenes is in the game as an unlockable.
@@GavinsBazaar313 I could see that.
A year is plenty of time for him to take over a zoo.
Definitely a shame Julia Sawalha didn't get recast as Ginger, but it's a lot more understandable Gibson wasn't due to his controversies.
Haven't had a chance to watch the new film myself yet but one of my friends who has described it as being "like Toy Story" ...whatever that means 😅
Come to think of it, there is a scene near the end similar to one from Toy Story 3, you'll know when you see it! 😅
@@SomeBoiOnline heh we'll see. Though it's been a very long time since I watched that film 😆
Different media of course but Feathers McGraw makes an appearance as a villain in the Wallace & Gromit video game "Project Zoo" too on the Gamecube, Xbox and PS2! I've always considered it a sequel to The Wrong Trousers since it takes place in the zoo that he was made a prisoner of in that film 😁
Yes if you count the games as canon, that certainly adds a lot to his story!
@@SomeBoiOnline Came here to say that too, Project Zoo _feels like it "should" be canon_ because it feels like an actual W&G movie, just an interactive one.
@@WackoMcGoose
It *is* canon, during the behind the scenes video, they confirm that game is set a year after The Wrong Trousers.
The behind the scenes is in the game as an unlockable.
@@GavinsBazaar313 Well, yeah, of course it's set in the same timeline. But the events of Project Zoo have yet to be acknowledged in the "main series" (just looked it up, Zoo released in 2003 and Were-Rabbit came out in 2005, so it would've been fair game to mention "the incident at the zoo")...
From that video game he travelled through cyberspace and made numerous appearances in ReBoot.
12:41 Looks like you nailed it on the head. In hindsight it was a bit weird to see a new or dug up Feathers puppet just for the sake of a background cameo in a different Aardman property.
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I think feathers McGraw was the in the new chicken run movie. But you can only see him at the end of the movie
Hm, you might just be onto something there... 😂
@@SomeBoiOnline Yeah, your right. I must be…
One thing I was joking about is that Mrs Tweedy actually looks a little… YOUNGER in this one, that if she was smart, she could have made bank on the gravy-based skin care treatment.
But yeah, I was surprised that she survived falling into the nugget processor- they have her come out covered in breading in one piece and I’m like “NO- NO WAY SHES STILL ALIVE!” But I guess that could of been too horrifying. XD
But I agree with you, the original chicken run IS better, but the second is still nice and I genuinely enjoyed it.
… oh yeah, also I was cringing at the rats almost falling into the processor- cause that… ugh… has actually happened before.
Yes that's a good point actually, think it's the different hairstyle and clothes. Just to have her falling into the machine and cutting away would've been a fitting demise I think. Both great films, I dread to think about the rats now you mention it 😳
Also, I looked it up and it turns out there’s a breed of chicken called “frizzle” XD they look a little like a Pom Pom. @@SomeBoiOnline
I loved the movie but I’m sad Julia Sawalha couldn’t voice Ginger. Ginger is my favourite. :(
Same 😞
The scene where ginger was taking Molly to only look at her was very tense in a good way! Was one of my favorite scenes personally since it changed it from being cartoony in a way to serious.
I think it makes 100 percent sense that chicken run is in the same universe. We also don’t know if Chicken run 1/2 is before Wallace and gromit. There’s no technology or anything to say it’s not….
I think its probably just before Wallace and gromit. Also shaun the sheep would be in the same universe as well just after. And then you could also say The Pirates and Early man are from the same universe as well from back in history. And then Flushed away closer to modern day. Everything takes place in the Wallace and gromit universe. 🤯
This foreshadowing McGraw’s return.
I really hope we can get 4k Blu-ray releases of all stop-motion Aardman movies. The Studio Laika 4k Blu-rays were gorgeous.
I believe there are sequels that are derivative and then there are sequels that are poetic. This is a poetic one. Like George Lucas would say, it "rhymes" with the original. Can't really imagine the Chicken Run-verse without the content from Dawn of the Nugget anymore.
Definitely, that's a lovely way of putting it!
Chicken Run was basically an animated retelling of the movie The Great Escape which was a World War 2 film and had the same plot and premise
Yes I heard it was, and the sequel is apparently based off Mission Impossible.
@@SomeBoiOnline I just watched it, and I loved it, I would totally watch it in theaters, and I saw the first movie in theaters lol
Even the music at beginning of chicken run has that similar tune and style of the great escape ha. It fits perfectly
13:05 He escaped during The Matter of Loaf and Death (During The Rescuing Piella Bakewell Scene)
this officially connects chicken run to be in the same universe as wallace and gromit, which also connects to the same universe as shaun the sheep
I’m a huge fan of Chicken Run and I found the 2nd film was fantastic! I now want a 3rd 😂
They're both great! See you in 23 years' time for the sequel 😂
7:25 Somehow… Tweedy returned
I mean if she can survive an exploding pie machine, not surprised she lived after the falling door 😂
@@SomeBoiOnlineanother question where did she got money to build such well protected fortress with military equipment, and army of mercenaries who does initial work of Mr.Tweedy. Despite in first movie she and Mr.Tweedy suffered from debts and way too small income to cover debts
That's a good point! I heard it's supposed to be set in the 60s, whilst the first was in the 50s, so who knows what could've happened in between...
at some point in the movie she mentions marrying fry not for his wealth but his brain iplying he was rich
@@SomeBoiOnline
There you go, problem solved!
I honestly think that Aardman should should definitely make more original movies. And even though this doesn't necessarliy mean that i dislike Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon and Chicken Run 2, i honestly prefer movies that offer something that we've never seen before, I could take movies like Early Man and Arthur Christmas for example.
Those dont need sequels the chicken run sequel had a huge time gap for a sequle thats 22 years
@@MrYoshiNLThat's exactly what i meant. Cuz even if Chicken Run 2 isn't that bad, it wasn't needed.
Feathers made a number of appearances in ReBoot.
Well to be fair, we did see him again since the Wrong he Trousers, in the form of the video game, Wallace & Gromit: Project Zoo. Great game, by the way! I got it for the Nintendo GameCube a few years back.
12:41 Without a doubt he mistook that chicken farm for a Money factory
Feathers McGraw was also the main villain in the 2003 Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo
I got a chick fil a ad before this video. Irony.
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6:11 That’s Kiara you may ask
6:16 and that’s Kovu as well
6:21 Kiara’s parents are Simba and Nala
Have you watched the first film
Absolutely, I talk about rewatching the original at 1:00, which was the first time I've done so in many years.
Yeah I know what is like to witness an eternal death experience . After I keep struggling for something, I’m already aware of.
As much as I do like Dawn of the Nugget When I first heard they were doing a chicken run sequel I thought they were going to have to deal with the natural predators like Foxes and Weasels
to be honest, i thought ginger was gonna die
If there was a 3rd Chicken Run movie what would you call it and do not say “Chicken Run 3”
I’ve seen the film! Watched it the day it came out, and it’s good! I loved it!
It was enjoyable enough, had some good jokes, but was very hit or miss, some of them fell flat, had a few pacing issues as well. I doubt I'll watch it again though whereas I've watched the original a few times over the years as it's just absolutely brilliant
The original Chicken Run is an amazing film, I've gained more appreciation for it since the release of the sequel.
I was more excited too see a scouse chicken in an adman film than anything
Yes, always great to hear obscure northern accents in Aardman films!
As fare as I know Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheap and Timmy Time is in the same Aardman Animations universe, so I'm fine with Chicken Run being in that same universe
In this case I think the chickens busted Feathers McGraw out of the zoo
history repeats itself
Amazing
To me, it would have been better if they didn’t show Mrs. Tweedy in the trailer. They ruined her reveal
I agree, that would've been much more effective. As always it was likely shown to get people watching.
The reason why they didn't bring back Mel Gibson because he's republican
I heard there's a few controversies surrounding Mel, so that's somewhat understandable, it's Julia I feel bad for.
Really - I thought it was because he was an anti-semetic racist drunk. But hey ho.
@@SomeBoiOnline Him being a Republican has nothing to do with it. He has a history of shit going back near enough 20 years now. Everything from speeding while drunk driving, racism, anti-semitism, and spousal abuse! The biggest mystery isn't why he's not in Chicken Run 2, but how he still has a career at all at this point? Sawalha on the other hand i don't get? She doesn't seem a controversial figure, and as for not sounding young enough they recast her with an actress only four years younger
i hope next wallace and gromit revenge of feather mcgraw
Features mcgaw IS back
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Great video as always.
Even though I enjoyed the story of Chicken Run 2 and think that Aardman did a great job at resurrecting the characters, I do prefer the first movie. Simply for the reason of there being less jokes and better timing thereof. In my opinion Chicken Run 2 looked too clean and vibrant. Especially the "Squid Game Playground" felt very out of place.
Thank you, I'd definitely agree with those points! "Clean and vibrant" might be to do with them cleaning up shots with CGI in post, giving everything a slightly artificial look - which is a shame. The atmosphere of the original film remains unmatched!
Rocky being recast is understandable but the others just smacks of money men and marketing numpties..
But as this is aimed at kids they are not going to care or probably even notice.
The only people who are going to get bent out of shape are a minority of 'obsessives' and the terminally offended by 'whatever they are told should offend them' brigade.
Looks like fun and def on our family Xmas TV watching list And yes The Tweedys still look like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
In the dutch dub of the film the same voice actress who voiced ginger in the first one returns !
Oh that's cool! Bet it adds something when you're watching the film.
That Feathers cameo is so clever! And it makes sense considering he made a cameo in a Close Shave, Were-Rabbit and Loaf & Death. Lets's hope the chickens didn't accidentally break him out of prison again.
Also, has anyone found that Wallace & Gromit cameo in Early Man yet? I've tried my hardest but I can't find them.
I have In the credits there is a cave painting of feathers McGraw
Feathers is becoming the new hidden Mickey!
@@SomeBoiOnline I wonder if it’s in Arthur Christmas and pirates! Well every single movie after TWT
Chicken run 2 is a quite enjoyable film while it may not be as good as its predecessor and i will admit it does have some cliches where it has the over protective parent not wanting there child to go out into the world due to said parents dark past that type of plot has been done many times with films like finding nemo and the lion king 2 but it’s still a very enjoyable film with both enjoyable old characters (even if some of there original voice actors didn’t return due to either old age, controversy or sadly passing away preproduction) and some likeable new characters so overrall it may have some problems I quite enjoyed chicken run 2
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- Mr Tweedy (2000)
But talking ones do.
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Technically even if gingers voice sounded old it would actually be accurate as it takes place about 7 years after the first movie and ginger would be older. Its upsetting she got replaced
The recasting has put me off watching the sequel.
Understandable as it seemed completely unnecessary, shame as it's otherwise a great sequel.
Julia Sawalha is only four years older than Thandiwe Newton which is bizarre. Plus, she like Newton has mixed parentage (Jordanian father). Can’t used the diversity excuse! Mel Gibson on the other hand… He really has gone downhill since 2000! I always felt it wasn’t ideal considering he did Braveheart, his Irish-American nationalism and Anglophobia, to be in a film set in Northern England! Guess they needed a star name then?
Feathers McGraw could be the villain in the new Wallace and Gromit 2024
If feathers McGraw makes a comeback and is for some reason is voice acted, he needs to have a very thick Russian accent. He kinda gives me Russian hacker vibes
Hey dude, Ik it’s not about the chicken run but I just found out, you know they had the warehouse fire in 2005, they showed of recently that they still have a original Wallace with the techno trousers still years later !
That's fantastic news, I wish there was a way to know exactly what survived, then a follow-up video could be made detailing everything!
I was just browsing around then opened TikTok and since I follow aardarman their most recent post is talking about they still have a orginal prop, also I kinda feel with that and the feathers teaser ?? Hmmmm suspect for what they got planned next year
Definitely exciting stuff, thanks for letting me know!
No problem dude, if I see anything else I’ll comment down 🙃👍
We *NEED* a Feathers McGraw origin story
I actually do find it interesting hell Molly wears a flatcap as that is the same sort of Hat Mr Tweedy woar in the first film
It's just general northern atire. I have to say, I was a little disapointed that the film was a little less overly british than the first, with less northern and british slang. I was utterly confused by Fowler refering to himself as a "Rooster", given how against "Yanks" he was in the first film.
They just couldn’t tell he’s a robin with a glove on
6:07 that is The Lion King two Simba’s Pride
I wish they had got Mel and Julia back.
Definitely would've added a lot to the film if they had!
@@SomeBoiOnline For Julia Sawahla I doubt her age would have had that much of an effect on her performance, and as for Mel I think it’s overdue that we forgive him for his mistakes and let him grow as a person, like we’re supposed to do.
It would have been great if they returned.
We all still found a lot of fun in this film.
I think it was a great sequel i was expecting to hate it
Sure I’am I like Wallace and gromit