Technology becomes wedge between Wallace and Gromit in TV movie – directors

The animated film, which sees the return of evil penguin Feathers McGraw, will premiere on Christmas day.

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The storyline involves a smart gnome called Norbot, Wallace’s latest invention (Aardman Animations/BBC/PA)

Technology becomes a “wedge” between Wallace and Gromit in the forthcoming film Vengeance Most Fowl, directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham have teased.

The TV movie premieres on Christmas Day and will see the return of villain Feathers McGraw, who was arrested and sent to a zoo in Aardman Animations’ 1993 Bafta and Oscar-winning short The Wrong Trousers.

The story involves Wallace’s latest creation, a “smart gnome” named Norbot which is designed to do any kind of gardening task or “gnome improvement” around the house, but fails to impress the inventor’s silent companion dog, Gromit.

Park said: “We really hit the ground running with this film.