"Brian often travelled the globe to tell his Redwall stories to young audiences, more often than not at their schools," said Alan Ingram, representative of the Redwall Abbey Company, which has owned Jacques' intellectual property since his 2011 passing. The site notes that it is the first time that the film rights to the entire Redwall series have been held by one company, adding that Netflix has already tasked Patrick McHale ( Over the Garden Wall) to write the feature. However, the Netflix project will be the first time that the series has been adapted for a feature.Published Netflix has acquired the rights to Brian Jacques' Redwall series and is planning to adapt the novels into an animated feature film and TV series.ĭeadlinereports that Netflix inked a deal with Penguin Random House Children to secure the rights to the books, which follow the adventures of anthropomorphic animal warriors that inhabit Redwall Abbey and the surrounding countryside of Mossflower Wood. Published between 19, Jacques’ 22-strong Redwall book series follows the heroic adventures of various animals that live in Redwall Abbey and the surrounding countryside of Mossflower Wood.Ĭanada’s Nelvana previously produced a three-season Redwall series, alongside France’s Alphanim and Germany’s TV-Loonland AG, between 19 for Teletoon in Canada. In 2018, Netflix acquired the rights to both CS Lewis ’ The Chronicles Of Narnia and struck a deal with The Roald Dahl Company to create a slate of projects based upon the British author’s popular children’s books. Redwall is the latest classic fantasy book series that Netflix has bought the rights to in efforts to expand its kids programming offering and this will be the first time that the films rights to the whole series have been held by one company.
This is to be followed by an event series focused on Martin the Warrior, another heroic mouse and one of the few recurring characters in the book franchise. The streamer already has an animated feature based on the franchise in the works, with Over The Garden Wall’s Patrick McHale attached to write a script that follows the character of Mathias the mouse.
Netflix has acquired the rights to English author Brian Jacques’ Redwall fantasy series for TV and film adaptation, following a deal with publisher Penguin Random House.
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