Overview
- GKIDS, STUDIOCANAL and Aardman released the film’s trailer on June 24, and GKIDS announced a U.S. theatrical release for September 18, 2026 with Sky U.K. opening the same day and STUDIOCANAL handling other territories and worldwide sales.
- The project marks the feature directing debuts of longtime Aardman animators Steve Cox and Matthew Walker and lists Mark Burton and Giles Pilbrow as screenwriters.
- The official synopsis frames the film as a family-friendly horror parody in which a ruined pumpkin patch leads Shaun to play mad scientist, the Farmer goes missing, and a mysterious beast prowls the woods of Mossingham.
- Returning franchise regulars Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes and Kate Harbour are credited among the voice cast and Aardman’s press materials emphasize the studio’s handcrafted stop-motion production.
- The film is the third Shaun the Sheep theatrical feature and it joins Aardman’s 50th-anniversary programming, continuing the studio’s run of stop-motion releases that began with the TV shorts and earlier films in 2015 and 2019; a home-entertainment window is planned later this year.