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Robin Robin is a 2021 British stop-motion animated musical streaming television special produced by Aardman Animations and created and directed by Dan Ojari and Mikey Please with a script they wrote with Sam Morrison.

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Robin Robin
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Directed by	Dan Ojari Mikey Please
Written by	Dan Ojari Mikey Please Sam Morrison
Produced by	Helen Argo Danny Gallagher
Starring	Bronte Carmichael Richard E. Grant Gillian Anderson Adeel Akhtar
Cinematography	Dav Alex Riddett
Edited by	Chris Morrell
Music by	Ben Please Beth Porter
Production company	Aardman Animations
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)
Running time	32 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Premise

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When a robin bird grows up from being raised by a family of mice, her differences become more apparent every time they try to sneak into a Who-Man's house. Now, she sets off on a daring heist to steal a shiny star and to prove to her family, and a malicious cat, that she can be a really good mouse.

Cast

• Bronte Carmichael as Robin
• Richard E. Grant as Magpie
• Gillian Anderson as Cat
• Adeel Akhtar as Dad Mouse
• Amira Macey-Michael as Dink
• Tom Pegler as Pip
• Endeavour Clutterbuck as Flynn
• Megan Harris as Flin

Production

Development

In November 2019, Aardman Animations and Netflix announced they would co-produce the half-hour stop-motion animated musical special Robin Robin, directed by Dan Ojari and Mikey Please from a script written by Ojari, Please, and Sam Morrison and Sarah Cox producing the special.[1][2]

Casting

In December 2020, Bronte Carmichael, Richard E Grant, Gillian Anderson, and Adeel Akhtar were cast in the special.[2]

Filming

In November 2019, it was announced that filming would start in 2020 and is the first Aardman project to use needle felting instead of plasticine.[1]

Music

In December 2020, The Bookshop Band was revealed as the composers with directors Dan Ojari and Mikey Please doing the lyrics for the songs.[2] The orchestra was composed by the Bristol Ensemble.

Release

On 22 November 2019, the special was expected to be released in 2020. The special premiered on 27 November 2021 in Asia, and on the 24th in North America. On 17 June 2021, the official trailer was released confirming the release date.[3] The short was part of the world touring screening The Animation Showcase 2021.

Reception

It was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[4]

Merchandise

In March 2021, Aardman Animation made a licensing deal with both MacMillan Children’s Books and Aurora World for tie-in books and plush toys, respectively.

References

External links

• Official website
• Robin Robin at IMDb
• Robin Robin at Rotten Tomatoes

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