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The Beast of Mossy Bottom
This autumn, the third Shaun the Sheep feature film will be released in cinemas. To mark the cinema release, Swiss Post is issuing three special stamps with images of a film character that has delighted both young and old for years.
The adventurous sheep first appeared in Wallace and Gromit back in 1995 since then, Shaun has become a celebrated film star with fans in more than 170 countries. Following the first two films, the cult character is now returning to the big screen: “Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom” will hit Swiss cinemas on 1 October 2026. In the latest adventure, the sheep herd’s pumpkin patch is destroyed. To save Halloween, which is just around the corner, Shaun turns into a mad scientist, with some unimagined yet comical consequences.
The Shaun the Sheep TV series and films are produced at Aardman Animations in Bristol, which is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary. The animation is created using stop-motion: objects are captured frame by frame, creating an illusion of movement at normal playback speed. It takes between 12 and 24 frames to create just one second of animation.
