Wallace & Gromit Creator Says The Show Will Go On

According to the SciFi Channel, animator Nick Park said in an interview with Reuters news service, that he's got more ideas for films featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit and is undaunted by a recent studio fire that destroyed props and sets from their Oscar-winning movies.

"I have got lots more Wallace and Gromit ideas in the back of my head," Park told Reuters at the London Toy Fair, where he was launching a Wallace and Gromit board game.

Last October, a fire ripped through a warehouse and destroyed hundreds of Wallace and Gromit models from the production house Aardman Animations. The fire occurred just after the release of the company's latest film, "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit." Aardman co-founder Dave Sproxton said one of the most important losses was a complete exhibition of the three Wallace and Gromit short films. Additionally, Mr Sproxton said: "A lot of the original sets were there, including several panels of original storyboards and that, in a way, is the biggest loss. It's basically a ready-to-go exhibition and sadly that's been destroyed."

However, the films themselves were stored elsewhere and were not damaged.

Looking ahead, Parks told Reuters: "Some of the ideas I've got could make feature films, some of them might be shorts. I am not really sure."

Park has won three Oscars for best animated short film, "Creature Comforts" in 1990 and the Wallace and Gromit short films "The Wrong Trousers" in 1993 and "A Close Shave" in 1995. --Shannon Nolley

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