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4th July 2009

Flanimals in film version

21.12.07

Ricky Gervais' Flanimals children's books are to be turned into a CGI feature film, in a deal between Faber & Faber and Illumination Films.

The film will be produced by Chris Meledandri, who recently produced "The Simpsons Movie" and "Ice Age".

Gervais said: "I'm very excited about "Flanimals The Movie" because I'll probably be the part of Puddloflag. It will be weird to hear my voice coming out of a short, fat, purple, sweaty creature (with a Reading accent)."

In addition, according to Faber, the three Flanimals titles, Flanimals, More Flanimals, Flanimals of the Deep and Flanimals: Day of the Bletchling, which are illustrated by Rob Steen, have recently reached 1 million copies in print.

Media film Flanimals Ricky Gervais

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