'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl's Trailer Is an Anti-Smart Gnome Advert

Even though it was apparent when Netflix confirmed Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl would debut on New Year's Weekend that the film would first drop on the BBC on Christmas Day, Auntie Beeb did not outright confirm it at the time. Instead, the British Broadcaster waited until the movie's final trailer to 'fess up to what everyone already knew: Wallace, Gromit, and newest invention/headache, Norbot, will debut on December 25, 2024, on both BBC One and Player, so everyone should ready themselves for Feather McGraw to try and steal Christmas.

However, viewers in America should not feel so smug that they put together when the film would premiere before the BBC announced it because, along with the confirmation, the news came that BBC viewers would also get a brand new set of Wallace & Gromit mini-shorts. These 15-second clips are known in the industry as "idents" or "station IDs;" they are the little clips that play at the end of commercial breaks, reminding viewers which network they're watching. Created by Aardman, these specially made shorts will air on BBC One all throughout December. Sadly, since Netflix does not run anything comparable (not even if you have Netflix-with-ads), these will be for U.K. viewers only.

Despite the disappointment, the new trailer the BBC and Netflix jointly premiered should cheer everyone up as we finally get a good look at how the Smart Gnome and Feather McGraw storylines will intersect.