That I could belong anywhere because everything was possible." - Enid Blyton I can’t wait to introduce Baby Bookworm to one of my childhood favourites."I always felt there was a place for me in all the books I read because that is what fantasy and fiction taught me. There’s no word yet on who will star or lend their voices to the characters, but we expect a star cast and a Christmas smash in future years. “I’m very much looking forward to bringing the likes of the Old Saucepan Man and Dame Washalot to the big screen for fans both old and new.”
Most homes have a well-worn jam-fingerprinted volume somewhere on their shelves. “The pages are lit up with wonderful characters, humour, peril and adventure. Simon Farnaby, who will write the adaptation and was also behind the Paddington 2 screenplay, said: “The Magic Faraway Tree books are a firework display of the imagination. The Oscar-winning director was behind the lovely musical version of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which moved from the West End to Broadway earlier this year, so we feel confident the stories are in safe hands. StudioCanal is taking on the task with Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions. For me, they are her absolute best work, better than the Secret Seven, Famous Five and Mallory Towers.Īll of them have been optioned for the movie version, which will be a live action version. They make friends with the quirky residents of this tree and climb to the top to explore exciting (but sometimes scary) dreamlike worlds like the Land of Birthdays, Land of Do-as-you-please and Land of Dame Slap.īlyton wrote four books in total, between 19: The Enchanted Wood, The Magic Faraway Tree, The Folk of the Faraway Tree and Up the Faraway Tree.
Here they find a gigantic tree that grows so tall that the branches reach into the clouds and so wide that little houses are carved into the trunk. They tell the tale of a group three children called Jo, Bessie and Fanny, who move into a house beside an enchanted forest.
If the answer is yes, you’ll be excited to hear that the team behind the wonderful Paddington films are adapting Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree books for the big screen. Do the names Moonface, Silky and Saucepan Man mean anything you?
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