It's Bond meets The Truman Show in Aardman's sequel to Chicken Run. This time, the chickens break in — not out — to save the flock. Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget premieres on Netflix this week.

"Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget" has been in select theaters since Dec. 8 and will be available to stream starting Dec. 15 on Netflix, which purchased the distribution rights to the movie.

Aardman Animations and its partners brought us “Chicken Run” 24 years ago, a smash hit, stop-motion film conceived by Aardman founders Peter Lord and “Wallace and Gromit” creator Nick Park.

The original Chicken Run was Aardman Animations’ breakthrough theatrical hit back in 2000, becoming the highest-grossing stop-motion film ever, earning over $200 million at the box office.

Reluctantly flocking into Netflix 23 years after the original “Chicken Run,” Sam Fell’s animated sequel “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” is something sadder than the worst movie of 2023.

Those chatty British chickens have been supersized. Now, instead of the quaint country cry of “I don’t want to be a pie!” from the 2000 Claymation classic “Chicken Run,” the fed-up ...

Mel Gibson is not in Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget because he was never asked to be in it, according to a 2020 report from The Wrap. He wasn’t the only one not asked to return.

Its lessons are gentle, its comedy endearing. These chickens, at least, are a pleasure to be around. Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Rated PG. Running time: 1 hour 41 minutes. Watch on Netflix.

The first full trailer for the long-awaited sequel to Academy Award and BAFTA-winning Aardman studio's beloved 2000 film, 'Chicken Run,' teases Levi's take on Rocky, alongside voice co-stars ...

But Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget sees him return to what he describes as a “quintessentially English” film, reuniting him not just with Aardman but Sam Fell (who co-directed Flushed Away).