Flushed Away Again!

Flushed Away Again is a 2022 animated adventure comedy film directed by Sam Fell and David Bowers produced by Cecil Kramer, David Sproxton, and Peter Lord, and written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan and Will Davies. It was the sequel to the 2006 animated film: Flushed Away. It’s made in CGI animation as opposed to starting with their usual stop-motion – this was because using water on plasticine models could damage them, and it was complex to render the effect in another way. The film stars the voices of Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Shane Richie, Bill Nighy, Andy Serkis and Jean Reno. In the film, As they were going to a random place, Roddy St. James (Jackman) was bringing Sid (Richie), and scavenger named Rita Malone (Winslet).
The idea was making a sequel created by animator Fell during the production of Shaun the Sheep 2. In 2019, Fell developed the concept into a story before pitching it to DreamWorks. The project was first announced in July 2019, followed with comic writing duo Clement and La Frenais contracted to write the script, which had the working title Flushed Away 2: The Toad’s Revenge. In 2019, Bowers joined in to direct the film with Fell.
The film's world premiere was held at the Toho Cinemas Theatre in Roppongi Hills on July 21, 2022, followed by the wide release in United States by STUDIOCANAL GmbH on 11 August 2022, and in the United Kingdom on 13 August. The movie was receiving positive reviews from audiences and critics, Flushed Away Again was a box office success. It grossed over $1 billion worldwide against its $90 million budget. The film received nominations for the BAFTA Award and Critics' Choice Award for Best Animated Feature. This movie is at 14 select theaters because of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
It’s streaming on Netflix as of December 14, 2022
== Home media ==
Flushed Away was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 2, 2023. It includes behind the scenes, deleted info, Jammy Dodger II videos and all-new slug songs. It was released in the UK on 2 April 2023, where it was also packaged with a plasticine 'Slug Farm' kit.
== Reception ==
=== Critical response ===
Flushed Away Again has an approval rating of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and an positive rating of 8/10, based on 200 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads "Clever and appealing for both children and adults, Flushed Away Again marks a successful entry to the Original film. digitally animated features for Aardman Animations." Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 92 out of 100 based on 28 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.
Category:2022 films
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Category:Aardman Animations Films
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