Film-maker reimagines story classic with Aardman

A film-maker from Walsall is hoping to put the Black Country on the map with his latest work.

Leo Wright said he was inspired to make The Big Bad Wolf by a visit to the Black Country Living Museum and created a film about the story's three little pigs living in the Black Country.

The 22-year-old took an animation course with Aardman, the firm behind the Wallace and Gromit stories, and is now being supported by the studio to help bring his idea to life.

Leo said, "The amount of stuff I've learnt and the amount of detail I've been able to pour into this film, I've developed a world not just a very short film."

"I was always interested in the Black Country as a child, and the history here, and I've also always been interested in pigs.

"Walsall used to have the biggest pig population in Europe so I found it an entertaining idea to put pigs in the Black Country," he added.

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