Aardman provides update on clay shortage: "There is absolutely no need to worry"
The animation studio has responded to🎐 recent reports about a clay shortage

Update: Aardman has releasedꦛ a statement on the reported clay shortage at the animatio꧅n studio.
"We are touched about recent concern over the future of our beloved clay creations, but wanted to reassure fans th💃at 🌄there is absolutely no need to worry," Aardman wrote on .
The statement continued, "We have high levels of existing stocks of modelling clay to service current and future productions and, much like Wallace in his workshop, we have been tinkering away behind the scenes for quite some ꦕtime with plans in place to ensure a smooth transition to new stocks to continue to make our iconi🔯c productions."
The original story follows.
Aardman, the world-renowned studio behin🦩d the likes of Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and Chicken Run, is reportedly running out of clay.
According to , the studio uses the material Lewis Neಌwplast for its characters and creations – thanks to its ability♌ to maintain its shape under studio lights. However, the factory that makes Lewis Newplast has now been permanently closed.
Aardman bought up all the remaining material but, according to the newspaper, only has enough left for one Wallace and Gromit movie in 2024 "until a suitable replacement can be 👍found" or if another substitute can be in💦vented.
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2024’s Wallace and Gromit will premiere on the BBC in the UK and on Netflix worldwide. As per , it centres on “Gromit becoming concerned that Wallace is a little too de🃏pendent on his inventions”.
The synopsis continues: "When Wallace’s 'Smart Gnome' develops aও mind of its own, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his mast🐟er…or Wallace may never be able to invent again!"
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"Some people changed, and some didn't; it was just a personal choice," Fell said. "I🅷t's all part🐭 of bringing it into my realm and making it for now."
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