They also have plans to create an animated TV series based on Martin the Warrior’s character. They haven’t announced which story they will be focusing on for the film just yet.
Netflix has signed Patrick McHale to write an animated feature film based on the series. RELATED: Book to Screen Adaptations of 2021 This is the first time the rights to an entire series has been held by one company. They follow the adventures of heroic animals that live within the forest haven of Redwall Abbey.
The series has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. The movie will be written by Patrick McHale, creator of Cartoon Network’s Over the Garden Wall.Netflix signed a deal with Penguin Random House Children for the rights to the entire Redwall series from Brian Jacques. There was a Redwall TV series that aired for three seasons starting in the late ’90s, but with Netflix’s reach, the series is probably about to get a lot more exposure. “These perennially popular stories have been etched onto the hearts of millions of readers, and we are thrilled to partner with Netflix to bring those beloved characters on screen for families worldwide to enjoy.” “We couldn’t be more delighted to announce this deal,” said Ben Horslen, an executive at Penguin Random House Children’s. The show will be about the character of Martin the Warrior, a brave mouse and one of the few Redwall characters to get multiple books devoted to him usually the cast and time period changes from novel to novel. It’s kind of like The Lord of the Rings if everyone was way cuddlier.Īnd now, Varietyreports that Netflix is turning the series into both a movie - based on the first book in the series, simply titled Redwall - and a TV show, both of them animated. Published from 1986 to 2011, the year of Jacques’ death, the 21 Redwall books detail the adventures of the mice, moles, hares and badgers of Redwall Abbey and the surrounding countryside of Mossflower Wood, who must often defend themselves against marauding bands of “vermin” like rats, weasels, and foxes. When it comes to children’s books, it doesn’t get much more beloved than Brian Jacques’ Redwall series. By Dan Selcke 2 years ago Jacques’ Redwall fantasy series Redwall, about mice, moles, badgers and the like who heroically defend the peaceful Redwall Abbey, is coming to Netflix.
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