IndieWire traveled to Aardman in Bristol, England, and learned about Norbot, the return of Feathers, the most eye-catching set, and the role of AI.

In their first big film outing since 2008’s A Matter of Loaf and Death, the iconic duo from Aardman Animations return for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Gromit becomes concerned that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions, and his fears are proven right when Wallace’s new “Smart Gnome” Norbot seems to develop a mind of its own.

The upcoming stop-motion animated movie marks about 18 years since the franchise's last full-length film, The Curse of Were-Rabbit, released in 2005. The most recent short, A Matter of Loaf and Death, premiered in 2008. Vengeance Most Fowl features the outlaw Feathers McGraw, who first appeared in The Wrong Trousers (1993).

Unlike 2008’s A Matter of Loaf and Death, the new Wallace and Gromit special is a feature length movie. It has a run time of 79 minutes, the BBC has confirmed - just shy of The Curse of the Were-Rabbit’s 85 minutes.

Vengeance Most Fowl, as the title playfully suggests, sees the return of Feathers McGraw, the penguin criminal from The Wrong Trousers who used the epo