Shaun, everyone’s favorite sheep, is back, and this time he’s facing aliens and robots in “A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.”Directors Will Becher and Richard Phelan teamed together on this film for their first full-length collaboration.
While the two have been working at Aardman Studios, Phelan’s background was as a story artist and Becher’s background was in animation.
Producers saw the two as a perfect fit since they both had desires to direct.“Wallace and Gromit” and “Shaun the Sheep” creator Nick Park sat in on initial meetings and story discussions about alien invasions and suggested the title, “Farmageddon.” As Becher and Phelan worked out the story, the idea started coming together and the “Farmageddon” title stuck.When it came to brainstorming ideas, Phelan said, “We had fun with all the sci-fi tropes: Robots, secret government organizations and aliens coming to the farm.
We looked
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