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Post by howlingwolf on Jul 13, 2011 11:32:29 GMT -5
"Stephen Fry, Victoria Wood and Christopher Eccleston have been cast in a BBC adaptation of The Borrowers, due to air this Christmas. Fry will play evil Professor Mildeye, while Wood plays Grandma Driver, who wants to remove the Borrowers from her house. Eccleston will star as Pod, the father of teenage Borrower Arrietty. The Borrowers is a series of novels by Mary Norton about "little people" who live under the floorboards. Ben Stephenson, controller of BBC drama commissioning, described the adaptation as "a brilliant and bold contemporary version of this classic tale with all the charm of the original but with a thrilling, moving and modern sensibility." Ben Vanstone, a writer on BBC One series Merlin, has adapted the screenplay, while the film will be produced by Working Title. The 90-minute production will be shown on BBC One. The cast also includes Robbie Sheehan of Misfits fame, Aisling Loftus, Sharon Horgan and Shaun Dooley. Sheehan is cast as tearaway Spiller, who takes a shine to Arrietty Clock, who is played by Loftus. The Borrowers was first published in 1952 and won the Carnegie Medal for outstanding children's book the same year. A Hollywood adaption of the book was released in 1997, starring Jim Broadbent and John Goodman. According to Vanstone's Twitter page, filming of the BBC version starts in the last week of June." Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13841294
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Post by Amayasama on Jul 13, 2011 12:45:33 GMT -5
Huh...kinda curious about this >> Wonder if it'll be good or not
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Post by DJ yellow ;) on Jul 13, 2011 14:24:28 GMT -5
ANYTHING WITH STEPHEN FRY IS GOOD IM TOTALLY WATCHING THIS YAY
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Post by howlingwolf on Sept 10, 2011 12:37:18 GMT -5
REALLY Short Clip from 1:05-1:13
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Post by Amayasama on Sept 10, 2011 20:06:36 GMT -5
D: Curses so short!
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Post by howlingwolf on Dec 20, 2011 16:02:07 GMT -5
Thanks to cewilsion5 on Deviantart, this teaser video was uncovered:
The date that it will be aired is December 26th.
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Post by CodyT on Dec 23, 2011 18:51:06 GMT -5
Tv production it's on BBC 1 in the UK and then BBC America.
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Post by howlingwolf on Jan 4, 2012 20:57:19 GMT -5
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