NETFLIX TO TURN POPULAR ANIMAL WARRIORS ADVENTURE FANTASY BOOKS REDWALL INTO AN ANIMATED FILM AND TV SERIES! UPON THE MAGIC ROADS 2ND TRAILER FOR LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE FAIRY TALE ADVENTURE

 BRIAN JACQUES' REDWALL

TO BE ADAPTED BY NETFLIX

Such a delight indeed, as Deadline reports, Netflix is planning to turn Brian Jacques' popular children's animal warriors adventure books REDWALL, sold in more than 30 million copies around the world, into an animated feature film and also a TV series. Patrick McHale has been set to write the movie which will chronicle the adventures of the heroic animals that

The character of Martin the Warrior will get his own series too

inhabit the forest haven of Redwall Abbey. Meanwhile, the character of Martin the Warrior, a wise and ferocious mouse who co-founded Redwall Abbey along with Abbess Germaine, will get his own animated series at the streamer.

 UPON THE MAGIC ROADS 

SECOND TRAILER IS HERE!

Konyek Gorbunok is out February 18th

Speaking of magical animals, check out the gorgeous second trailer for Russian fairy tale adventure UPON THE MAGIC ROADS (Конек горбунок) which is out in cinemas February 18th following legendary Little Humpbacked Horse. Based on the Slavic folk tales and directed by Oleg Pogodin, the film tells the story about a fool named Ivan (Anton Shagin), who has an intelligent and brave friend the Little Humpbacked Horse, with whom it seems that nothing is impossible, but nevertheless, they will face difficult trials when the tzar (Mikhail Yefremov)

Anton Shagin takes the role of tzar's stableboy Ivan the Fool

sends them on numerous impossible adventures in which they will meet the legendary Fire Bird and the icy Snow Queen.

 

 THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE

Ivan is not a tsarevich, not a hero, not a handsome man, and even his older brothers consider him a fool. But everything changes when Ivan finds a friend

The film was pushed from Autumn to February due to covid

and faithful assistant - the Little Humpbacked Horse. He may be small, but he is also smart and courageous. With such a friend, no enemy is terrible. Well,

The film had a big budget of almost $20 million

almost none. With such an assistant, nothing is impossible. Well, almost nothing. Ivan and the Horse will have to test the strength of their friendship,

The movie was directed by Oleg Pogodin

face an insidious adversary, overcome incredible trials and meet such love, for which it is worth risking everything. Well, almost everything.

WILDLY ADORABLE TEASER FOR RUSSIAN LAVISH FAIRY TALE THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED HORSE IS HERE IN ALL ITS CHARM! WHEEL OF TIME EPIC TV SERIES ADS NEW ACTORS

     'THE WHEEL OF TIME'

ADS NEW STARS AT AMAZON

Vikings' Peter Franzen has joined the cast

I'm not sure how deep it is into production, but Amazon's epic TV series adaptation of Robert Jordan's saga THE WHEEL OF TIME has just added new names to the cast: Peter Franzen will be Stepin, Sophie Okonedo will be legendary Amyrlin Seat Siuan Sanche, Kae Alexander will be fan favorite Min Farshaw, Kate Fleetwood will be Liandrin Guirale, Clare Perkins will be Kerene Nagashi. Set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it, the story follows Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), a member of the incredibly powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she arrives in the small town of Two Rivers. There, she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity.

     'THE HUMPBACKED HORSE'

RELEASES 1ST MAGICAL TEASER

The film is out in Russia October 22nd

Speaking of epic, a wildly cute and beautiful teaser for Russian fairy tale extravaganza THE HUMPBACK HORSE (aka Upon The Magic Roads), which is out in cinemas October 22nd, has been released. 

  

Once upon a time there lived Ivan (Anton Shagin), a little slob, but not a fool at all, though the youngest of three brothers. He once rescued a magic mare and received as a reward a friend and a faithful companion - the Little Humpbacked Horse. Not simple, but also magical - small and almost fearless. And now Ivan, having such a horse, has all the luck of the world in his

Anton Shagin takes the lead role in the fairy tale adaptation

hands. But the tzar, who has Ivan in his service, sees his fortune as a bone in his own throat. Therefore, he gives Ivan impossible tasks - either to catch the Firebird, then to release the wondrous Fish-Whale from captivity, then to

The movie could be a major saviour of cinemas in Europe after the covid

marry the beautiful tzarina who lives on the edge of the earth in ice palaces. But having met the overseas beauty, Vanya will not remain the same. He fell in love with the beauty, although he knows that this love could get his head off his shoulders. Read more about the movie here.