{"id":144703,"date":"2023-12-13T12:20:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=144703"},"modified":"2023-12-13T12:20:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:20:41","slug":"chicken-run-film-isnt-a-statement-against-eating-meat-animator-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/chicken-run-film-isnt-a-statement-against-eating-meat-animator-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Run film ISN&apos;T a statement against eating meat, animator says"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Will Chicken Run 2 spark a roast chicken revolt? Aardman co-founder Peter Lord says new film set in Bond villain-style nugget factory ISN&#8217;T a statement against eating meat amid claims it will spark a rise in children turning vegan<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Has your child been put off meat after seeing Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget? Email harry.s.howard@mailonline.co.uk\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For millions of people across the world, they&#8217;re a crispy, meaty treat that pair well with ketchup.<\/p>\n<p>But for vegetarians and vegans, chicken nuggets are the epitome of mass-produced hell.<\/p>\n<p>However, when one of the key figures behind the well-received sequel to 2000 mega hit Chicken Run was asked if his film is a statement against eating meat and factory farming, he had bad news for campaigners.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking following the release of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Peter Lord, the co-founder of Aardman Animations, told BBC\u00a0Radio 4&#8217;s Today Programme: &#8216;It&#8217;s not. It&#8217;s absolutely an entertainment, that&#8217;s why we have made it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But in a boon to animal lovers, he did add: &#8216;It is true that we engage the audience with the heroes, who are chickens, and we make them care about those chickens very much.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And then they encounter people who want to eat them. So it&#8217;s quite clear where your sympathies lie. I.e. on the chickens&#8217; side.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>His comments came after activists hailed the &#8216;morality&#8217; tale in the sequel, which is set in a\u00a0James Bond villain-style chicken nugget factory run by the evil Mrs Tweedy, who the heroes were seen escaping from in the first film. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/10\/78906971-12858685-image-a-12_1702464710132.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Peter Lord, the co-founder of Aardman Animations, has said new film Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget &#8211; which he had a key role in making as executive producer &#8211; is not a statement against eating meat or factory farming<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Glover, founder of Veganaury and meal-alternative range Chick&#8217;n said last week that he feels the\u00a0 tale is &#8216;pushing the needle&#8217; in the right direction and added: &#8216;I&#8217;ve never seen a cartoon like this.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0Richard McIlwain, CEO of the UK Vegetarian Society, was a fan of the film&#8217;s approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He told the Guardian: &#8216;Whether or not they&#8217;ve set out to make a vegan morality tale, the reality is that this is what happens in poultry farms. They&#8217;re not making it up.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Vegetarian Society had asked on its Facebook page if people think the new film has a &#8216;morality tale&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>One mother replied: &#8216;My daughter has refused to eat chicken ever since watching the first chicken run movie.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the sequel, Mrs Tweedy&#8217;s husband, scientist Dr Fry, has concocted a brainwashing regime that sees the chicken inmates spend their final days in a theme park decked out with an all-you-can-eat buffet, before they are slaughtered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/11\/78908949-12858685-image-a-19_1702467402561.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Lord said: &#8216;It is true that we engage the audience with the heroes, who are chickens, and we make them care about those chickens very much&#8217;. Above: At the French premiere of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget earlier this month<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/11\/78907013-12858685-The_film_is_set_in_a_James_Bond_villain_style_chicken_nugget_fac-m-17_1702466813749.jpg\" height=\"353\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The film is set in a James Bond villain-style chicken nugget factory run by the evil Mrs Tweedy, who the heroes were seen escaping from in the first film<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/10\/78907109-12858685-image-a-14_1702464747879.jpg\" height=\"317\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mrs Tweedy, voiced by Miranda Richardson, returns as the villain in the new film<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Tweedy then plans to turn them into nuggets, which, in the film&#8217;s setting of the 1950s, are a new creation.<\/p>\n<p>It takes the might of familiar heroes including Ginger, Rocky, Babs and Bunty to rescue Molly, who is trapped in the factory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sam Fell, the director of the new film, admitted that he became vegetarian while making it.<\/p>\n<p>He said Chicken Run 2 isn&#8217;t &#8216;here to preach&#8217; but did joke it could help promote fast-food chain&#8217;s vegetarian options.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;People love eating nuggets it seems, so I don&#8217;t think everyone&#8217;s going to suddenly stop \u2013 and we want the film to be engaging and entertaining and a great ride, mostly,&#8217; he told The Metro.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But yes, if you come away and you think a little bit more like a chicken by the end of it, then that&#8217;s not a bad thing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The new film is available on Netflix from Friday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/11\/78906981-12858685-image-a-16_1702466736711.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It takes the might of familiar heroes including Ginger, Rocky (pictured with rats Nick and Fletcher), Babs and Bunty to rescue Molly, who is trapped in the factory<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12858685\/Chicken-Run-2-Peter-Lord-ISNT-statement-against-eating-meat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Chicken Run 2 spark a roast chicken revolt? 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