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Dec 20, 2018 watership down, debuting sunday on netflix, is a new fourpart adaptation of the beloved richard adams novel. Dec 04, 2018 the first trailer for watership down, a new fourpart animated series from netflix and bbc, makes a misstep by going for cg animation and delivers a nightmare. Watership down is an adventure fantasy miniseries directed by noam murro. Watership down official trailer hd netflix, bbc animated series. Bbc ones starstudded new adaptation of watership down uses richard adams bestselling novel as its source to bring an innovative. The premiere of the series took place on 22 december 2018. Dec 30, 2018 netflixs new watership down proves the beloved childrens classic was a horror story all along the new series best episode, the raid, is weak in allegory but great at putting cute. Netflixs watership down proves it was a horror story all along vox. Nicholas hoult and james mcavoy will also voice bunnies in the animated adaptation of the classic rabbitbased.
Bbc and netflix team up for new watership down production. It is a coproduction of alltime entertainment in the united kingdom and decode entertainment in canada, and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. In july 2014, it was announced that bbc would be airing a new animated miniseries of watership down based on the 1972 novel and the 1978. New watership down series is coming to netflix simplemost. Based on richard adams novel, watership down, a new tv series will tell the tale of displaced bunnies searching for a new home. This adaptation of watership down has been in the works for at least four years, and is set to take us back into the world of richard adams childrens adventure novel with a lot more cgi. Watership down dvd 2 pack journey to watership downescape to watership down 4. Watership down has become a modern classic and won both the carnegie medal and the guardian childrens fiction prize in 1972. Though its animation leaves something to be desired, watership down is a. John boyega goes down the rabbit hole in new bbcnetflix watership down series. Seemingly everyone whos seen the animated 1978 adaptation of watership.
Jan 01, 2019 watership down is back on screen with a miniseries by netflix and the bbc, and its both faithful to the book and absolutely beautiful fans of richard adams beloved novel, watership down. Watership down has a trailer, and the bbc and netflix have released some plot details that highlight the differences between this new version and the famously disturbing 1978 film version. The pair will reinterpret the story into a fourpart animated mini series. New watership down tv series coming to netflix in 2017 to. The bbc version of watership down, however, is different in a. The bbc has released the first images from their adaptation of watership down, the classic novel by richard adams about a group of rabbits who journey across the english countryside to find a new. The new bbcnetflix adaptation of watership down is weak in. A warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the. Joseph campbells monomyth is resurrected once again this sunday dec. The film adaptation that traumatized the last few generations is back to frighten youngsters all over again. It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams and adapted by tom bidwell. Apr 28, 2016 an allstar lineup, including john boyega, sir ben kingsley, and james mcevoy are set to star in a bbc adaptation of watership down. Though its animation leaves something to be desired, watership down is a faithful adaptation that will resonate with viewers of any age.
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Watership down, a new 2018 tv version, is airing tonight saturday, december 22 at 7pm on bbc one. With james mcavoy, nicholas hoult, john boyega, ben kingsley. Dec 23, 2018 the new watership down miniseries from netflix and the bbc is a powerful adaptation thats hobbled by clunky animation and rabbits that look suspiciously like hares. Watership down 2018 tvpg 1 season tv shows a warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the classic novel by richard adams. Apr 28, 2016 the bbc and netflix have teamed up to produce a new version of richard adams seminal childrens novel, watership down. An allstar lineup, including john boyega, sir ben kingsley, and james mcevoy are set to star in a bbc adaptation of watership down.
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Relive your childhood trauma in new watership down. Watership down the series tells about rabbits whose tranquility disturbs a man and they have to flee from their habitat because they are in danger. Watership down trailer 2018 bbcnetflix series youtube. The bbc broadcast comprised two backtoback episodes per day. Watership down tv series watership down wiki fandom. Dec 07, 2018 the old classic watership down has been reinterpreted into an animated mini series for christmas and it has a truly starstudded cast this twopart cgi remake of the novel and 1978 movie. Contentsshow plot synopsis following the liberation and destruction of efrafa, the efrafans move into watership down with moss, the highest. The bbc and netflix have teamed up to produce a new version of richard adams seminal childrens novel, watership down.
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