CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET
Genre
Animation, Adventure and Comedy
Running time
85 minutes
Year
2023
Language
English
Subtitle
Arabic
Country
United Kingdom
Director
Sam Fell
Bio
Producer
Steve Pegram, Leyla Hobart
Cast
Scriptwriter
Karey Kirkpatrick, John O’farrell, Rachel Tunnard
Fans of the first Chicken Run will remember how Ginger the plucky hen led her flock to freedom from evil Mrs Tweedy’s battery farm. Now she has found her life’s dream: a peaceful island sanctuary, far from the dangers of the finger-lickin’ human world, where she and cocky Rocky can raise their chick Molly. Back on the mainland, however, all of chicken-kind faces a new horror: a farm so deceptively alluring that bird-brained poultry flock there voluntarily – only to get the chop. When Molly falls into this bird-trap, Ginger and her team go full Mission Impossible to get her out . “Last time, we broke out of a chicken farm,” says Ginger, rallying the troops. “Well, this time, we’re breaking in!”
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