TLL Staff The animation studio Aardman, creators of Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, and Shaun the Sheep, is bringing its stop-motion expertise to the world of Pokémon. The Pokémon Company International and Aardman announced Wednesday that content coming from their collaboration will be released sometime in 2027. What will that content consist of? Unfortunately, there are … [Read more...] about “Dream Partnership:” Aardman Producing Content for Pokémon
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