I can personally attest to this fact, as one of my treasured memories is seeing Jacques prove that he had memorized the first page of Redwall by way of a passionate, book-free recitation.

While this is the first time the Redwall series will be adapted into a feature, the books have been previously been adapted into an animated series, with three seasons of an animated adaptation of the first three novels, Redwall, Mattimeo, and Martin the Warrior produced by Nelvana, a Canada-based animation studio, and aired from 1999 to 2002.Īccording to the press release from Netflix, which you can read in its entirety below, representative of The Redwall Company (which owns Jacques’ intellectual property) Alan Ingram noted that Jacques would frequently travel the globe to share his stories with young readers. In addition to the feature film, a series based on the character of Martin the Warrior is also in development. However, the Netflix project will be the first time that the series has been adapted for a feature.As part of the agreement between Random House Children’s UK and Netflix, a feature film is already being developed, with Patrick McHale ( Over the Garden Wall) attached as writer. 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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