Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget / Chicken Run 2

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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, also known as Chicken Run 2, is a 2023 stop-motion comedy drama sequel to the 2000 Chicken Run film about anthropomorphic chickens dealing with new deadly menaces plotting the demise of all chickens on the mainland. The movie is scheduled for release on Netflix on December 15th, 2023.

History

On April 26th, 2018, the Hollywood Reporter announced that a Chicken Run sequel was in the works with Aardman Animations, StudioCanal and Pathé producing.^[1]

On January 20th, 2023, YouTuber^[2] MTTopZ posted a first-look video showing a still image of the new movie (shown below) and some plot details. The video garnered over 22,000 views and 252 likes in a year.

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On June 16th, 2023, the first teaser of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget was released and posted on the GameNewsOfficial YouTube^[3] channel. The teaser (shown below, left) garnered over 24,000 views and 279 likes in four months. On September 5th, Netflix^[4] announced the official teaser (shown below, right) of the movie, which garnered more than 878,000 views and 40,000 likes in a day.

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The movie Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is expected to be released exclusively on Netflix on December 15th, 2023.

Online Presence

Online, the news about the sequel became the topic of various discussions and memes on social media, particularly around mid to late 2023 as additional details emerged. For instance, on May 3rd, 2023, the Facebook^[5] page aardman uploaded a parody movie poster of the Dune movie (shown below, left), which garnered over 2,200 likes and 275 shares in five months.

On June 15th, DeviantArt^[6] user Ultra-Shounen-Kai-Z posted a fan art to promote the movie's release (shown below, right), which amassed more than 6,100 views and 104 favorites in four months.