Wallace & Gromit‘s Latest Invention Is a Horrifying Smart Gnome

We already cognize that Aardman’s return to the world of Wallace and Gromit in Vengeance Most Fowl was going to bring backmost 1 of the each clip large villains of animation in Feathers McGraw, but a bumper-sized Netflix movie outing for the beloved British claymation classics requires much than conscionable 1 creep factor. And what could perchance beryllium creepier than a plot gnome met with each the horrible and unspeakable mightiness of the astute location trend?

This greeting Netflix revealed the archetypal look astatine “Norbot”—voiced by Inside No. 9‘s Reece Shearsmith—Wallace’s latest invention and obsession arsenic helium and Gromit find themselves pivoting to the astute location concern to marque money. Under the banner of “Gnome Improvements,” Wallace, overmuch to Gromit’s chagrin, begins dispatching Norbot to assistance the section townspeople with each of their gardening struggles… but past things commencement going wrong, arsenic they’re wont to bash with Wallace’s money-making endeavors, arsenic Norbot starts to make a caput of his own. Check retired a little teaser for his accomplishment below:

We already cognize that portion of Feathers’ instrumentality is going to impact the revelation that helium and his penguin flippers are pulling the strings down these latest mishaps to befall Wallace and Gromit. But adjacent if helium wasn’t, you conscionable cognize thing with a look similar Norbot’s is going to beryllium up to nary good. It’s nary Preston the sheep-rustling robot dog, but Norbot is decidedly up determination arsenic 1 of the astir disturbingly not-so-innocent small additions to the satellite of Wallace and Gromit we’ve seen successful a precise agelong time. Those eyes, Wallace, what were you thinking!

“We are delighted to present Norbot, a ‘Nifty Odd-jobbing Robot’ gnome, designed to assistance Gromit with his gardening chores. Norbot is Wallace’s astir arrogant accomplishment to day and, according to Wallace, his ‘best invention ever!’,” Vengeance Most Fowl directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham said successful a associated connection provided by Netflix. “Garden gnomes person agelong been a portion of Wallace and Gromit’s world, but this is nary cute patio ornament. Norbot is the eventual gnome—a ‘smart-gnome’. We’re truthful excited to spot Wallace unleashing his latest invention Norbot into the world. However, his long-suffering pooch Gromit whitethorn beryllium a small little sure…”

We’ll find retired conscionable however unsure Gromit gets with this creepy caller summation to the plot when Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl begins streaming connected Netflix aboriginal this wintertime internationally, and connected the BBC exclusively successful the UK and Ireland.

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