Netflix buys rights to 'Redwall' novels
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February 11, 2021
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Streaming platform Netflix is adapting "Redwall", the children's fantasy novels, into a feature film and TV series.
According to Variety, the announcement comes as the streamer signed a new rights deal with publisher Penguin Random House Children's.
Penned by British writer Brian Jacques and published from 1986 to 2011, the novels have sold 30 million copies globally.
Patrick McHale, creator of Cartoon Network's "Over the Garden Wall", will write the feature film based on Jacques' first book in the series, "Redwall".
Ben Horslen, Fiction Publisher, Penguin Random House Children's, said the publishing house is "delighted" to announce this deal.