Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

The Wind in the Willows

1/6/11 – Variety reported that Ricky Gervais will voice the lead character of Mole in The Wind in the Willows, the live-action/animatronic indie feature directed by Ray Griggs through his RG Entertainment banner.  Ted Field will produce for Radar Pictures. Pre-production will begin this year in New Zealand.  Bill Marsilii penned the adaptation of the story by Kenneth Grahame.  Willows centers on a quartet of talking animals-- Mole, Rat, Badger and Toad-- in a story that mixes adventure, morality and camaraderie.  In the Marsilii script, the animals join forces to save their land from a sinister plot that threatens to destroy the uneasy truce between the peaceful animals of the Willows and what remains of Mankind. Story begins when Mole ventures out of his lonely home for the first time and finds a world of new friendships, wonders and adventure waiting for him in the land of the Willows.

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