Shaun the Sheep at all, even from the human characters; simple grunts, bleats, pointing, sighs, mutterings, words, and similar wordless inflections are all used to indicate each character's moods and motives. There are also no readable words in any episode, although "Bitzer" can be seen on a dog bowl, and—in series four--"Mossy Bottom Farm" on a gate, in the original English-language title sequence. All other signage, such as on a pizza box or a bus stop, is replaced by an illegible scrawl and a picture. Shaun the Sheep's first appearance was in "Wallace & Gromit"s third short feature, the Academy Award-winning "A Close
Shaun the Sheep Movie going to see this year." The film cost less than $25 million to produce. It grossed $106.2 million worldwide, with some of its biggest markets being the United Kingdom ($22 million), North America ($19.4 million) and Germany ($12.1 million). It is the 8th highest-grossing stop-motion film ever. On 14 September 2015, StudioCanal announced it was working with Aardman on a sequel. On 25 October 2016, Aardman confirmed a sequel would go into pre-production in January 2017 as "Shaun the Sheep Movie 2", with Richard Starzak, co-director of the first film, returning. Titled "", the sequel is scheduled for an 18