Where is "Shaun the Sheep 2"? (Part 2)

Remember back in February of this year when I was initially worried about the US release of Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie?

Well, I have even more reason to worry...

I'm a bit late on this, but about a month ago, Aardman had announced that they were making a sequel to their 2000 hit Chicken Run. In the tweet they made announcing it, something rather interesting came up regarding Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie.

"Chicken Run 2 will be our next movie release following Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon in Autumn 2019 with StudioCanal."

If you've been following this film for a while, you'll know that it was initially pegged for April 5 of next year in the UK. A trailer was running before Early Man both over there and in the US, the latter of which has still yet to get an exact release date from Lionsgate.

In the original post, I had worried because they were playing the trailer in America before an exact date had been inked. I had worried that Lionsgate would break away from Aardman and we would have to wait a little longer to get the film. Well, that looks to be partially true.

Now, you may say that Lionsgate is only distributing because of their contract with StudioCanal, but that doesn't necessarily affect all of their movies. For example, Warner Bros. had gotten Paddington 2 from the now-disgraced Weinstein Company about a week or so after Lionsgate announced their partnership with StudioCanal which included the distribution rights to Farmageddon. Insiders say that Lionsgate was even in the running for Paddington 2's distribution rights!

Anywho, what I'm trying to say is that there's still the possibility that Lionsgate will end up not releasing this movie. After all, them moving it to a later timeframe in the UK could potentially be a result of how poorly Early Man did at the worldwide box office. I wouldn't be shocked if we have to wait until 2020 to see it for our American selves!

(Side note: When does Chicken Run 2 happen? 2021? 2022? Who distributes it? Could be Universal, since the first film is part of the DreamWorks Animation canon. Could it be that untitled DWA movie in December 2021? If not, then who? Lionsgate? A24[as I suggested for Farmageddon in the last post]? Paramount, maybe?)

What say you?