Nick Park’s Aardman Animation offices in Bristol, England collapsed after a fire tore through it. The company’s “entire history,” including props and sets from the first three Wallace & Gromit films, have reportedly been destroyed. Aardman reps say that sets from the just-released film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit were spared.
Apparently all that is left is one Wallace and one Grommit that Park was traveling with on the press tour.
Comment by giselle — 10/11/2005 @ 10:02 am
How awful! How depressing to see the whole history destroyed, and a what terrible event to kick-off the release of “Were-Rabbit.”
Comment by Morgan — 10/11/2005 @ 10:36 am
That is sad I grew up with watching the Morph character on TV. Quite a loss from the UK animation industries history.
Comment by leigh — 10/11/2005 @ 9:35 pm