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
Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie title, "Shaun the Sheep Movie 2", Aardman confirmed a sequel would go into pre-production in January 2017 with Richard Starzak, co-director of the first film, returning. As of November 2018, it was announced that Aardman employees Richard Phelan and Will Becher will be co-directing the film with Starzak still attached as director due to Peter Lord and David Sproxton giving majority of ownership to employees to keep the company independent. "Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie" will be released in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2019 with release dates in Germany, France and in Australia and New Zealand being