Netflix picks up REDWALL for animated series.

I am mostly surprised this hasn’t happened already.

Brian Jacques’ beloved “Redwall” books are being adapted into a feature film and TV series thanks to a new rights deal between Netflix and Penguin Random House Children. The fantasy novels have sold 30 million copies globally and have attracted an avid following with their tales of heroism, villainy and derring do all played out by mice, moles, hares and badgers. Think J.R.R. Tolkien with cuddlier protagonists.

Although… ‘cuddlier?’ Well, okay, everybody in Middle-Earth who was a viewpoint character was also a stone-cold badass*. But I digress. It felt like I was just a little too old to read Redwall when it came out; was I mistaken?

(H/T: GeekTyrant)

Moe Lane

*I would fight you over arguing Samwise Gamgee was an exception, except I can’t believe that any of my readers would be likely to disagree.