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Shaun the Sheep creators say AI will not replace the craft of storytelling as the franchise's latest film arrives in UK cinemas.
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Directed by Steve Cox and Matthew Walker, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom has a Halloween flavour as Shaun has to turn into a mad scientist to save the day.
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Speaking ahead of its launch, producer Richard Beek said despite the rise of AI and CGI within the film industry, stop-motion movies are still being made and winning BAFTAs.
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"Maybe somewhere down the line there's a tool we use which uses AI but I don't think it would ever replace the storytelling and creation of those stories," he said.
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Despite the film having no dialogue, it has a star-studded voice cast, including Dani Dyer, Justin Fletcher, Nina Sosanya, Paul Whitehouse and Roman Kemp.
It will also feature a brand-new remix of Shaun the Sheep's iconic theme tune, Life's A Treat, by British hip-hop duo Rizzle Kicks.
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More from Bristol
Aardman celebrated its 50th birthday this year, after it was founded by school friends Sir Peter Lord and Sir David Sproxton in 1976.
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The Bristol company went on to create Morph, Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Chicken Run, and become the world's most successful stop-motion film.
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Shaun first appeared in the Wallace and Gromit film A Close Shave in 1995 and has become one of the studio's biggest stars.
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Like all the other animals, he expresses himself through bleats, grunts and hugely dynamic facial expressions - which is part of his global appeal.
Yet executives repeatedly urged Aardman to give him a voice, when the first TV series launched and the first feature film was made in 2015.
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Students at Aardman's Academy are also being taught to embrace imperfection in the painstaking art of stop-motion, where every blink, smile and movement is created by hand.
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Art director Kitty Clay said a lot of the models are still being used 20 years after they were made.
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She said a lot of the props have "a personal touch" too, from her mum's ironing board to her granny's lampshade in the living room.
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Co-director Matthew Walker said: "It's been really exciting to explore a Shaun story in a new genre.
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"We did sci-fi with Farmageddon and now we're in Halloween horror but without the scares - it's more comedy," he said.
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Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is showing in UK cinemas this week and next.
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The film will then be available to watch later on Sky Cinema and NOW TV.
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