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An author has penned an adventurous fantasy book in the hope of opening up the dialogue of climate change and encouraging children to help “save our planet”.

EXCLUSIVE: UK Director Ben Gregor says his upcoming adaptation of Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree will tap into children’s post-pandemic anxiety and retreat into screens as it celebrates the joy of being outdoors in nature, in a subtext that will chime with parents worldwide.

The Mediapro Studios has boarded Nicolas Winding Refn‘s reimaginging of The Famous Five.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Enid Blyton’s iconic series of adventure novels, “The Famous Five,” is being made into a TV series, thanks to a pact forged by the BBC Studios, Germany’s ZDF and Spain’s The Mediapro Studio, in the latter’s continued bid to partner in more English-language productions. Produced by Moonage Pictures and Nicolas Winding Refn’s byNWR, the series is an ambitious adaptation of the iconic children’s adventure novels by the English author.

EXCLUSIVE: A TV drama about Princess Latifa of Dubai, who attempted to escape her life in the Emirates only to be forcibly returned, is in the works from Netflix’s Winter Palace scribe Lindsay Shapero.

There is a little-discussed Hollywood rumor, explains Nicolas Winding Refn and his long-time collaborator Matthew Read, that Scooby Doo only came to be because Warners failed to land the rights to adapt The Famous Five.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Jack Gleeson, the actor known for portraying the detestable Joffrey Baratheon in the iconic series Game of Thrones, has unveiled a dramatic new look for his role in a BBC reboot. The former Lannister blonde hair is gone, replaced by spiky brunette locks and a matching moustache, making him nearly unrecognizable from his infamous character.The talented actor will now grace the screen in the upcoming series of The Famous Five, inspired by Enid Blyton's beloved novels and short stories.

So what’s Nicolas Winding Refn been up to lately, besides advocating for WGA and SAG guild members to “burn it all down”? He’s hard at work in the UK shooting his next TV series after “Copenhagen Cowboy.” And it’s a strange project for Refn to do, to say the least. The Danish director is adapting Enid Blyton‘s “The Famous Book” children’s book series for the BBC.

Remember how much you grew to hate that face? Jack Gleeson was such a fantastically believable little tyrant as the sadistic King Joffrey on Game Of Thrones — so much so, the world collectively just learned to DESPISE HIM!

Naman Ramachandran Casting for the beloved “Famous Five” stories of Enid Blyton, which are being reimagined for the BBC and ZDF by Nicolas Winding Refn, has been revealed. Diaana Babnicova is playing the role of George, alongside Elliott Rose as Julian, Kit Rakusen as Dick, Flora Jacoby Richardson as Anne, playing George’s cousins who come to stay at Kirrin Cottage. Making up the fifth member of the “Famous Five” is Kip, the Bearded Collie Cross playing Timmy the dog.

Nicholas Winding Refn’s ‘Famous Five’ Adaptation Sets Cast

One beloved kid's TV show is set to return to our screens, decades after it came to an end.

The BBC is bringing Enid Blyton's The Famous Five books to life through a new TV series. The three-part series will be the first time the BBC has ever adapted The Famous Five for the screen.

Naman Ramachandran The beloved “Famous Five” stories of Enid Blyton are being reimagined for the BBC and ZDF by Nicolas Winding Refn. The 3 x 90′ series is based on the 21 “Famous Five” novels and short stories Blyton wrote between 1942 and 1963. The series follows five daring young explorers as they encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets. It is created for television and executive produced by Winding Refn (byNWR) and Matthew Read (Moonage Pictures), in co-production with ZDF in Germany. The French territory is already presold to TF1. Filming is currently underway across the southwest of the U.K.

Drive auteur Nicholas Winding Refn is is forging a TV adaptation of The Famous Five for the BBC and ZDF.

A scathing parody version of Prince Harry's bombshell memoir Spare is set to be released in a couple of weeks, it's been revealed. The Duke of Sussex, 38, released his explosive autobiography in January and the book proved to be highly controversial, bringing a series of attacks on the Royal Family, with criticism directed towards Prince William and Queen Consort Camilla as well as King Charles and Kate Middleton. Now, a spoof version of Spare, titled Spare Us! A Harrody, is set to land on shelves on April Fool's Day and will poke fun at all of the details Harry shared about his private life.

Manori Ravindran International EditorLondon-headquartered IP and production outfit Dominion of Drama has optioned YA supernatural romance novel “The Wanderer.”Written by Josie Williams, the pen name for author Kirsty Moseley, whose books have sold more than 860,000 copies in English, “The Wanderer” is described as a “heart-wrenching romance about first loves and lives lost.” Dominion of Drama will immediately begin developing the book for television.The deal was announced at Series Mania, Europe’s leading co-production forum for television development, which is currently underway in Lille, France.Norton previously oversaw the production company Awesome Media & Entertainment, and set up Dominion of Drama in 2020. The “Wanderer” deal marks a continuation of his work adapting literary properties for the screen.

After delighting young readers with tales of ginger beer and buns for nearly a century, a ‘re-appraisal’ of the work of Enid Blyton has seen the English Heritage link it to ‘racism and xenophobia’.

In his column for The Times, he wrote: “Britain is becoming very bitter for some reason.“Last weekend I went to the paper shop and remembered most of the things I now need for such a trip: spectacles, phone, hearing aid, tin of boiled sweets, gazetteer and a list of the papers I like to buy when I arrive.

A TV adaptation of Malory Towers, the beloved book by the late best-selling English actor Enid Blyton, is coming to the BBC sooner than originally intended.