Nick Park CBE, seis vezes vencedor do prêmio Academia e criador de Wallace & Gromit, nascido em Preston, abriu oficialmente o entretenimento e o lazer de £ 45 milhões da cidade. Personagem nos filmes de Wallace & Gromit Animated, para marcar a abertura. Animações. Cito de ovos para ver nossas penas infames McGraw se juntando a Wallace e Gromit em minha cidade natal. Brown, líder do Conselho da Cidade de Preston, disse:
The Honorary Freeman of Preston and multi award winning filmmaker, unveiled a four-foot-high bronze statue of Feathers McGraw, the villainous penguin character in the Wallace & Gromit animated films, to mark the opening.
Joining Nick at the unveiling were the Mayor of Preston Councillor Philip Crowe, Chris Butler and Chris Jones, owners and directors of Castle Fine Arts Foundry, which created the statue, and Merlin Crossingham, Bafta@ award-winning creative co-director of Wallace & Gromit at Aardman Animations.
Nick and Merlin are executive directors and creative directors, respectively, at Bristol-based independent studio Aardman, makers of the Wallace & Gromit films and other beloved brands, including Shaun the Sheep, Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, and Morph.
Nick Park CBE said: “As a proud Prestonian, I couldn’t be more egg-cited to see our infamous Feathers McGraw joining Wallace and Gromit in my hometown.
“I’m not sure how happy Wallace and Gromit will be, though, to have their arch nemesis clutching the limelight.”
Councillor Matthew Brown, leader of Preston City Council, said: “Councillor Matthew Brown, leader of Preston City Council, said: "Ter Nick Park abrindo oficialmente nosso principal esquema de regeneração, Animate, é um momento genuíno de honra e marco para o conselho e a cidade. Além disso, a nova estátua de penas McGraw é um complemento fantástico para o banco de Wallace e Gromit, que atraiu tantos visitantes a Preston-sua popularidade nos surpreendeu. cidade. workshop for a good few months since we completed him, so it was both a relief and a joy to put him where he truly belongs, alongside his arch nemeses in Preston.”
“Today heralds a new era for Preston, providing an unrivalled multi-tenanted entertainment and leisure complex for residents and visitors from the wider regionin the ownership of our city.”
Chris Jones, director at Castle Fine Arts Foundry, added: “It was such an honour for us all at the Foundry to be given the opportunity to depict the deliciously malign Feathers McGraw in bronze, having enjoyed creating Wallace & Gromit a couple of years ago.
“We had felt Feathers ‘wee beady eyes’ upon us in the workshop for a good few months since we completed him, so it was both a relief and a joy to put him where he truly belongs, alongside his arch nemeses in Preston.”
Animate features The Arc Cinema with eight screens, 16-lane Hollywood Bowl bowling alley with gaming zone, public realm, a socialising unit and 164-space basement car park, alongside leading family restaurant brands Ask Italian, Cosmo, Taco Bell, Argento Lounge e uma variedade de lojas de comida de rua e um bar de coquetéis no Mad Giant Food Hall operado pelo Northern Lights Group. Os agentes de propriedades comerciais Sanderson Weatherall são os gerentes imobiliários.
The scheme was delivered by Maple Grove Developments (MGD), part of Preston-based contractor Eric Wright Group, on behalf of Preston City Council. Commercial property agents Sanderson Weatherall are the estate managers.
Construído no antigo mercado do mercado interno e do estacionamento, o Animate é totalmente de propriedade da Preston City Council e é um dos seis grandes projetos do programa de investimento em Preston Quarter Quarter Towns Fund, um programa de £ 200 milhões, incluindo £ 20,9m de financiamento pelo governo do Reino Unido para apoiar vários projetos de regeneração. Desenvolvimento Econômico Sustentável e Prosperidade para todos em Preston-através de medidas, incluindo o uso de negócios de base local e a criação de aproximadamente 300 empregos em período integral e em meio período quando totalmente abertos e 105 semanas de aprendizagem trabalhadas durante todo o período de construção. Cinema de arco - aberto
The leisure scheme supports the Council’s commitment to Community Wealth Building – a fair, inclusive and ethical approach to fostering sustainable economic development and prosperity for all in Preston – via measures including using locally based businesses and the creation of approximately 300 full and part-time jobs when fully open and 105 apprenticeship weeks worked throughout the construction period to date.
Opening dates at Animate:
Argento Lounge – Open
Taco Bell – Open
The Arc Cinema – Open
Hollywood Bowl - Abertura de março
Pergunte a italiano - Abertura no início de abril
Mad Giant Food Hall - Abertura do final de abril
Cosmo – coming soon.
