Aardman Animation, the studio behind the Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, and Shaun the Sheep, and Chicken Run franchises, is working with The Pokémon Company International on a mysterious new project.

The Pokémon Company and stop-motion studio Aardman just announced that they are working on a “special project” together. We don’t have too many details about the project, except that it will allow Aardman to bring “their unique style of storytelling to the Pokémon universe in brand-new adventures.

In what might be simultaneously the most unexpected and delightful Pokemon crossover to date, it's been announced that The Pokemon Company is teaming up with British animation studio Aardman (best known for Wallace and Gromit,