Bad news for walace and gromit..

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http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...449132,00.html

ARCHIVES UP IN SMOKE



The "entire history" of Aardman Animations, the company behind the Wallace & Gromit films, has been destroyed in a fire.

A warehouse used by the Bristol-based firm went up in flames as its latest release - the first full-length Wallace & Gromit adventure - went straight to number one at the US box office.

Creative director Nick Park said that after the earthquake in Asia, the fire was "no big deal".

He said: "Even though it is a precious and nostalgic collection and valuable to the company, in light of other tragedies, today isn't a big deal."

Aardman became famous for short films like Creature Comforts and related television adverts.

It hit the big time with three short films featuring Wallace and his dog Gromit, two of which won Oscars.

Their success allowed the company, led by creative director Nick Park, to make its first feature film, Chicken Run, a spoof on The Great Escape.

New film Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit - released in the UK on Friday - made £9.1m over the weekend in America.

The film features the voices of 84-year-old Peter Sallis, of The Last Of The Summer Wine fame, Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes.

In the film, Wallace & Gromit are pitted against a monster rabbit ravaging a town's vegetable gardens.



A spokesman for the company said all the sets and models from the latest Wallace and Gromit film are safe and had not been archived in the warehouse.

But the sets from Chicken Run, A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave are all thought to have been destroyed.

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That is bad news as Wallace and Gromit are national treasures!!!!

Warm Regards

[.Simon.]

ohh what the heck? wallace and gromit rock!!! glad the movie didnt get destroyed though

[Terry]

yea heard about that on the radio at work today. real shame that, seems coincidental tho that it happens while the movie's taking off.