Park’s Aardman Animations has won four Oscars, including Best Animated Short Film for The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave, as well as Best Animated Feature for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Nick Park had previously expressed the challenges of creating a Wallace and Gromit film without Sallis, and in the lead-up to the release of Vengeance Most Fowl, Park reflected to the BBC: "It has been quite emotional (doing this production) since we lost Peter, he was such an original, unique voice.".
The film marked not only the first Wallace and Gromit feature in 16 years but is also the first without the original voice of Wallace, actor Peter Sallis.
The character first appeared in the Oscar-winning short film The Wrong Trousers, where Wallace and Gromit exposed him as a criminal penguin posing as a chicken and saw him return in the new film, which premiered on Christmas Day 2024.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, which was a festive hit as it aired over Christmas, has been nominated for several major awards including Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards.
