The fantasy books "Redwall" became an animated film on Netflix

February 15 2021

The fantasy book series red wall of the writer Brian Jacques, will become an animated film, thanks to a rights agreement between Penguin Random House Children's UK and Netflix: a feature film based on Jacques first book in the series, red wall, is currently in development with writer Patrick McHale, as well as a series of events based on the character of Martin the Warrior.

The deal marks for the first time that the film rights of the entire book series are held by the same company and the first feature film by Brian Jacques.

"We couldn't be more pleased to announce this deal“Says Ben Horslen, Fiction Publisher, Penguin Random House Children's. "These perpetually popular stories have stuck in the hearts of millions of readers and we are thrilled to partner with Netflix to bring these beloved characters to the screen for families around the world."

"Brian has often traveled around the world to tell his stories about Redwall to a young audience, most often in their schools.", Says Alan Ingram, representative of The Redwall Abbey Company (owner of Jacques intellectual property)," Brian would have been very happy to see that Netflix shares his joy and desire to bring his stories to life as a new universe of films. , series and potentially much more for audiences of all ages. We are very excited to embark on this new venture with Netflix and Penguin Random House UK "

The books of red wall they have sold over 30 million copies and have been translated into more than 20 languages. The stories tell the chronicle of the adventures of the heroic animals, who populate the forest refuge of Redwall Abbey.

red wall joins Netflix's fast-growing original list of animated films, which includes Oscar nominees Klaus, The Willoughbys by Kris Pearn, Oscar winner Glen Keane's over the moon; as well as the comedy of autumn 2021 Back to the Outback, Richard Linklater's Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Adventure, Chris Williams " The Sea Beast, Henry Selick's Wendell & Wild, Nora Twomey's My father's dragon, Guillermo del Toro's Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Wendy Rogers The magician's elephant, Minkyu Lee's The sorcerer and a sequel to Aardman Hens on the run (Chicken Run).