Monday, October 10, 2005
Fire Destroys Aardman`s Past: (the Studio Did Not Burn Down)
Some people were reporting yesterday that Aardman Studio burned down. It did not. It was a storage unit. There were still some bad losses. Here is the Aardman press release.
On the day that Aardman celebrate a chart-topping opening weekend in the US with Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-rabbit, news of a fire at our storage unit in Bristol has been devastating.
The facility used to store sets, awards, and historical artefacts, is not a part of the Aardman studio, and we are glad to report that no Aardman staff have been affected. However, we have lost a number of irreplaceable storyboards, awards, props and pieces of film memorabilia from our 30 year history.
None of the material from the new Wallace & Gromit film The Curse of the Wererabbit was in storage at the time, but we have lost many original sets from Chicken Run, Creature Comforts, and the three Wallace & Gromit short films, that were used for reference and toured around the world for exhibition.
This will not in any way affect existing or future Aardman productions as 100% of sets and props are purpose built for each production.
Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-rabbit: www.wandg.com ¶ 11:45 AM
Some people were reporting yesterday that Aardman Studio burned down. It did not. It was a storage unit. There were still some bad losses. Here is the Aardman press release.
On the day that Aardman celebrate a chart-topping opening weekend in the US with Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-rabbit, news of a fire at our storage unit in Bristol has been devastating.
The facility used to store sets, awards, and historical artefacts, is not a part of the Aardman studio, and we are glad to report that no Aardman staff have been affected. However, we have lost a number of irreplaceable storyboards, awards, props and pieces of film memorabilia from our 30 year history.
None of the material from the new Wallace & Gromit film The Curse of the Wererabbit was in storage at the time, but we have lost many original sets from Chicken Run, Creature Comforts, and the three Wallace & Gromit short films, that were used for reference and toured around the world for exhibition.
This will not in any way affect existing or future Aardman productions as 100% of sets and props are purpose built for each production.
Wallace & Gromit The Curse of the Were-rabbit: www.wandg.com ¶ 11:45 AM
