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Having embraced his difference as what makes him special, nothing can stop Chickenhare from exploring the world with his sidekicks Meg, a martial arts expert skunk, and Abe, a sarcastic turtle. An unexpected encounter with Gina, his sister, radically changes his plans. Chickenhare is not the only one of his kind! Chickenhare agrees to follow Gina in search of the only power supposedly able to save the harechickens. An epic journey full of many pitfalls in breathtaking new worlds, where secrets & dilemmas intertwine. Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog, also known as Hopper et le secret de la marmotte in French, is directed by animation filmmaker Benjamin Mousquet, also director of Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness previously and animation work on many other projects. The screenplay is written by David Collard and Chris Grine. Produced by Matthieu Gondinet and Matthieu Zeller. Made by nWave Pictures & Octopolis. This first premiered at the 2025 Annecy Film Festival last year. (courtesy First Showing)
You know what they always say – beware the rotating cactus!
It’s one of many goofy lines from this mischievously quixotic joy of an animated film and I can’t wait to see it, should it ever reach Australia.
The characters look like fun, the dialogue looks to have just the right amount of snappily funny meta awareness, and the story executes nicely on its save the world quest (though, of course, we only have a trailer to go on at the moment).
The future is in the paws of our heroes and it’ll be fun just how they going about saving it!
Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog releases in UK on 24 June; no Australian release date assigned as yet.