Redwall concept poster from Imagen Films
Redwall
Redwall has had a history of attempts to receive a big screen debut, however every single one has failed.
- In May 1993, The San Diego Union-Tribune and the Tacoma, Wash., The News Tribune reported there was a Redwall "movie deal" and that there would be a movie in "a year or two."
- In 1996, it was reported by the Chicago Tribune that movie deals were in the works for two Redwall novels. What became of these plans is unknown.
- In an undated Brian Jacques interview with Scholastic from the 1990s, Spring 1999 was stated as the "projected date" for a U.S. Redwall movie.
- In 1999, Brian Jacques stated via Redwall.org that a film adaptation of Martin the Warrior was "in the very early stages of script writing." It seems as if this fell through largely due to the fact that Nelvana was working on the Redwall TV Series at this time. Also during this year, the Sacramento Bee mentioned a Redwall "feature film" was forthcoming.
- In 2003, it was reported by Publisher's Weekly that Nelvana held the rights to a Redwall adaptation, and that the Los Angeles-based animation producer The Gotham Group was working with screenwriter Andrew Marlowe. This project did not go forward due to complications with the film rights.
- In 2007, Blur Studio pitched a Redwall movie, but the rights were unavailable at the time.
- In 2008, the Redwall Wiki first reported the existence of redwallthemovie.com, a domain owned by Seattle-based production company, Imagen Films, who stated in an e-mail that they had "secured film rights and [were] developing a live-action/CG version of Redwall" for the year 2011. This was revealed to be a lie in 2009, according to Redwall.org.
- In 2012, the Miller Brothers acquired the rights for a Redwall film. To date, nothing official has happened with any project involving this.
- In February 2014, production company Working Element was revealed to have Redwall in its portfolio. In June 2014, it appeared on IMDB under "optioned" status.
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Brian Jacques has been approached by multiple directors regarding a Castaways of the Flying Dutchman film adaption, including Steven Spielberg, but turned them down because he would prefer children to read the books rather than have Hollywood turn them into something else.