"Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget" has been in select theaters since Dec. 8 and will be available to stream starting Dec. 15 on Netflix, which purchased the distribution rights to the movie.

At the end of that film, the chickens escape, a caper led by an intrepid red hen named Ginger. The start of “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget,” a sequel over two decades in the making, retells ...