It was MacKinnon and his team’s job to make puppets that matched Anderson’s vision. “Fantastic Mr Fox was Anderson’s first and favourite book as a child. And he loves the handmade quality ...

First published in 1970, Fantastic Mr. Fox follows the titular animal ... to avoid shattering the character’s illusion. The fox puppet first appeared on a series called The Nixon Line before ...

‘It took seven months alone to make the first model of the fox and then we had to fashion 535 puppets in six different sizes and fit them with multiple costumes. Wes oversaw the whole process ...