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Wednesday, 10 February 2021

Netflix greenlights REDWALL TV and film adaptation

Netflix has greenlit a TV series based on Brian Jacques' Redwall series of animal fantasies.


The Redwall series comprises twenty-two novels published between 1986 and 2011. The novels depict the adventures of animals living in Redwall Abbey and the surrounding regions of Mossflower Wood (some of the novels range further afield). The novels take place at widely different time periods in the history of Redwall, meaning that there is no recurring or regular cast. The closest is a prequel trilogy (Lord Brocktree, Martin the Warrior and Mossflower) which does focus on a continuing protagonist, the mouse warrior Martin. The books have sold over 30 million copies to date.

Netflix's series will be animated and will start with a feature-length movie before spinning off a Martin-centric TV series.

Monday, 7 February 2011

RIP Brian Jacques

It has been sadly announced that children's fantasy author Brian Jacques has died of a heart attack at the age of 71.

Jacques is best-known as the author of the Redwall series of animal fantasies. The 22nd novel in the series, The Rogue Crew, is complete and due for publication in May 2011. He also wrote an additional number of other books, including companions to the Redwall series and unrelated books. Overall, his novels had sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and been translated into 29 languages.