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New Projected release date for WnG movie

Monday, June 7th, 2004

The new projected release date for the Wallace and Gromit movie has moved from September 30th 2005 to October 7th 2005. The reason for the change is that Universal’s Curious George is going to be released September 30th, and they don’t want the releases to coincide.

Collectable porcelain figurines featuring Wallace & Gromit and check out imdb.com forums!

Friday, April 2nd, 2004

According to the latest Wallace and Gromit newsletter: We are delighted to introduce a new range of collectable porcelain figurines featuring Wallace & Gromit from Coalport Characters, part of the world renowned Wedgwood Group. Nine beautiful figurines are now available to start your collection. These include two standard figures and a limited edition figure from […]

Dreamworks plans for WnG films

Monday, February 16th, 2004

The following was sent to me by G.W.: I recently contacted David Graber, Head of Business Affairs for DreamWorks Home Entertainment, by E-mail (dgraber@dreamworks.com). I asked if Dreamworks (who has distribution rights within the US of the Wallace and Gromit film collection) has any future plans dealing with the original Wallace and Gromit features. He […]

Wallace and Gromit now have an official cracker!

Wednesday, November 26th, 2003

According to Aardman, Wallace and Gromit recently signed a deal with Jacobs crackers so that they will be the “cracker” of wallace and gromit, which will include their pictures on their boxes of Jacobs Cream Crackers. Their films have always featured crackers, so why now, and after so long, are our much-loved duo linking up […]

Wallace and Gromit Calendars

Tuesday, November 18th, 2003

They are now selling Wallace and Gromit 2004 Calendars at the aardman store! Also, for those of you who also follow Nick Park’s older stuff, they now have a “Creature Comforts Shop” where you can pick up all sorts of things, including some merchandise from the actual Creature Comfort movie. My favorite so far? Plush […]

Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo

Sunday, September 28th, 2003

“Feathers wants to make diamonds. Lots of diamonds. And he’ll stop at nothing to achieve his dream.” I believe that the official release date for this game in the US is Friday October 3rd. I’m so excited!

New Information on Wallace And Gromit Movie

Wednesday, September 17th, 2003

It was previously assumed that the title for this movie would be “The Great Vegetable Plot” but they have been working with other titles like: “Wallace & Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit” and “Wallace & Gromit in The Were-Rabbit” (this is what Entertainment Weekly referred to it as in a July 2003 article). […]

Wallace and Gromit Game News!

Thursday, September 11th, 2003

Wallace and Gromit was on display at this year’s PlayStation Experience event in London. The folks at gamespot.com made a review of the game, which was quite good! Wallace & Gromit Hands-On Impressions The game is scheduled for release on the Gamecube, Playstation 2, and XBox on September 26th. Also, check out some of the […]

Wrong Trousers Day Auctions

Tuesday, July 1st, 2003

Auctions supporting Children in Hospitals and Hospices throughout the UK are being held from today until the 7th at http://auctions.freeserve.com. The direct link to these auctions is here: Wrong Trousers Day Auctions. Both Aardman related items, as well as items donated by supporters of the fund will be sold at this auction. For more information […]

The Chance Has Passed

Saturday, June 28th, 2003

Yesterday was your last chance to buy the wallace and gromit shorts from Cracking Contraptions from Atomfilms. The site actually says: “Unfortunately, your chance to own the entire series has passed (at least for now).” So I am sure they will offer them again in the future, maybe at a discounted price? Or maybe this […]