Feathers McGraw is back. More than 30 years after making his debut in the animated short film The Wrong Trousers, the nefarious bird is set to return in Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Given the title, one can only assume the conniving would-be diamond thief is looking to get back at hapless inventor Wallace and best dog Gromit for their role in Feathers’ incarceration.
If none of that made a lick of sense to you, I strongly suggest investigating the Wallace & Gromit short films, which are clever, delightful, extremely British bits of stop-motion animation. Created by Nick Park, the characters went on to star in a handful of shorts, several animated series, and one previous feature-length film, Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which came out in 2005.
Here’s the summary from Netflix, which is releasing the film in the U.S.:
Aardman’s four-time Academy Award–winning director Nick Park and Emmy Award–nominated Merlin Crossingham return with a brand-new epic adventure, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. In this next installment, Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his master … or Wallace may never be able to invent again!
Vengeance Most Fowl will arrive sometime this winter.
