Watership Down is considered to be one of the most traumatizing children’s stories for a lot of people. I remember being completely shocked when I first saw the original 1978 animated adaptation. It’s a fantastic story, but it really is quite brutal.
BBC and Netflix teamed up for a new animated adaptation of the story and today the first trailer for the four-part series has been released. The film tells the story of survival, pain, and hope as a group of rabbits faces numerous trials while searching for a new home.
Judging by the trailer, it doesn’t look like there will be as much blood as the original film, but it still looks like it will be brutal.
The series boasts an impressive cast that includes James McAvoy as Hazel, Nicolas Hoult as his little brother Fiver, Olivia Colman as Strawberry, and Gemma Arterton as Clover. In addition there’s John Boyega,...
BBC and Netflix teamed up for a new animated adaptation of the story and today the first trailer for the four-part series has been released. The film tells the story of survival, pain, and hope as a group of rabbits faces numerous trials while searching for a new home.
Judging by the trailer, it doesn’t look like there will be as much blood as the original film, but it still looks like it will be brutal.
The series boasts an impressive cast that includes James McAvoy as Hazel, Nicolas Hoult as his little brother Fiver, Olivia Colman as Strawberry, and Gemma Arterton as Clover. In addition there’s John Boyega,...
- 12/4/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
BBC1’s four-part animated series for producers 42 will also feature Olivia Colman and Ben Kingsley.
Netflix has boarded BBC1’s remake of classic children’s novel Watership Down.
The global online streaming service has taken worldwide rights excluding UK for the 4x60-minute animated series, which will star James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, John Boyega, Gemma Arterton, Freddie Fox, Olivia Colman and Anne-Marie Duff.
It is produced by 42 Production Company, the television production division of management firm 42, which looks after well-known actors such as Michael Caine, Christopher Lee and Emily Mortimer, directed by 300: Rise Of An Empire director Noam Murro, whose production outfit Biscuit Films are co-producers, and written by My Mad Fat Diary’s Tom Bidwell.
Watership Down, which was turned into an animated feature film in 1978, is set in the south of England and follows a group of rabbits as they are forced to flee their warren and find a new home.
Larry Tanz...
Netflix has boarded BBC1’s remake of classic children’s novel Watership Down.
The global online streaming service has taken worldwide rights excluding UK for the 4x60-minute animated series, which will star James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, John Boyega, Gemma Arterton, Freddie Fox, Olivia Colman and Anne-Marie Duff.
It is produced by 42 Production Company, the television production division of management firm 42, which looks after well-known actors such as Michael Caine, Christopher Lee and Emily Mortimer, directed by 300: Rise Of An Empire director Noam Murro, whose production outfit Biscuit Films are co-producers, and written by My Mad Fat Diary’s Tom Bidwell.
Watership Down, which was turned into an animated feature film in 1978, is set in the south of England and follows a group of rabbits as they are forced to flee their warren and find a new home.
Larry Tanz...
- 4/28/2016
- ScreenDaily
BBC1’s four-part animated series for producers 42 will also feature Olivia Colman and Ben Kingsley.
Netflix has boarded BBC1’s remake of classic children’s novel Watership Down.
The global online streaming service has taken worldwide rights excluding UK for the 4x60-minute animated series, which will star James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, John Boyega, Gemma Arterton, Freddie Fox, Olivia Colman and Anne-Marie Duff.
It is produced by 42 Production Company, the television production division of management firm 42, which looks after well-known actors such as Michael Caine, Christopher Lee and Emily Mortimer, directed by 300: Rise Of An Empire director Noam Murro, whose production outfit Biscuit Films are co-producers, and written by My Mad Fat Diary’s Tom Bidwell.
Watership Down, which was turned into an animated feature film in 1978, is set in the south of England and follows a group of rabbits as they are forced to flee their warren and find a new home.
Larry Tanz...
Netflix has boarded BBC1’s remake of classic children’s novel Watership Down.
The global online streaming service has taken worldwide rights excluding UK for the 4x60-minute animated series, which will star James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Kingsley, John Boyega, Gemma Arterton, Freddie Fox, Olivia Colman and Anne-Marie Duff.
It is produced by 42 Production Company, the television production division of management firm 42, which looks after well-known actors such as Michael Caine, Christopher Lee and Emily Mortimer, directed by 300: Rise Of An Empire director Noam Murro, whose production outfit Biscuit Films are co-producers, and written by My Mad Fat Diary’s Tom Bidwell.
Watership Down, which was turned into an animated feature film in 1978, is set in the south of England and follows a group of rabbits as they are forced to flee their warren and find a new home.
Larry Tanz...
- 4/28/2016
- ScreenDaily
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