Watership down movie poster imagine this hanging out the wall of your local theater. Watership down is a 2018 britishamerican animated television miniseries directed by noam murro. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of watership down with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Find out when and where you can watch watership down on tv with the full listings schedule at. Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of the tv series watership down watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series. The miniseries will be adapted by tom bidwell and directed by noam murro.
The bbc and netflix version of watership down is a puzzling revival of the classic. Bbc and netflix are bringing us a new adaptation of watership down, richard adams beloved 1972 childrens book. Stephen gately sang a new arrangement of art garfunkels bright eyes, which had been included in the 1978 film, while mike batt who wrote bright. Fiver has horrific and, as later events prove, accurate visions of the destruction of their home warren at sandleford, but hazel cant convince their chief ralph richardson to pay. Watership down is an animated bbc television miniseries based on the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams.
Watership down 2018 miniseries compared sidebyside, shotforshot with the 1978 film and the 1999 tv show. For instance new episodes or start of a new season. Watership down in overall is a great retelling of this classic. Or at least you have heard about the traumatising as heck scenes.
Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television. Top streams for the week watership down, a netflix coproduction with bbc. Unique in the annals of animated films, watership down is a serious, even grim tale that many will find relentless and depressing and others will find poetic and moving. Watership down is a 1978 british animated adventuredrama film, written, produced. It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams and adapted by tom bidwell. Seemingly everyone whos seen the animated 1978 adaptation of watership down has a horror. Unique in the annals of animated films, watership down is a serious, even grim tale that many. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams. The weasel is the secondary antagonist to the watership down rabbits, who appeared only in the first season of watership down animated tv series.
Watership down 2018 tvpg 1 season tv shows based on books a warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of. Bigwig and hazel worry about watership down being wiped out and that they have no idea of woundworts plans. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the united kingdom and decode entertainment of canada, and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978 feature film adaptation. Loved it, love 2 c more, please, dieing 2 wait, on the edge of my seat. The weasel made his debut in the second episode, home on. Watership down original cover us of course if you lived in america at the time, this is the version you would have had. The watership down book ending is actually way more. Westworld season 3 behind the scenes creating westworlds reality. Told in four ferocious parts, netflixs magnificent watership down adaptation. Along the way they meet other rabbits and face a number of obstacles that include predators, the weather, humans, and other animals. Watership down 2018 miniseries compared sidebyside.
In 1978, the film watership down became legendary for scaring the bejeezus out of children everywhere, drawn there by parents who either didnt read. Limited series trailer 2 fire on fire watership down. Watership down is an adventure fantasy miniseries directed by noam murro. Richard adams watership down is far less bloody than the 1978 film. Watership down official trailer hd netflix youtube. Ebook free download watership down watership down 1 ebook to read online. Watership down 2018 tvpg 1 season tv shows based on books 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. Watership down movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. Limited series trailer 3 in the beginning watership down. Watership down 2018 gemma arterton in watership down 2018 watership down 2018 rory kinnear in. Watership down tv series watership down wiki fandom.
Season 1, season 2, season 3, the soundtrack 2018 the bbcnetflix miniseries the bbc and netflix produced a 4part watership down series, which was released in december 2018. Find out where watership down is streaming, if watership down is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Richard adamss lapine masterpiece watership down is the remarkable work that it is, not merely because it evokes the world of hedgerows and chalkdowns and streams and spinneys better than anything since the wind in the willows, but because it is only really possible to imagine gassing and massacre and organized cruelty on this ancient and. 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.
The bbc broadcast comprised two backtoback episodes per day. Watership down aired for 39 episodes and three seasons from 1999 to 2001. It was released on 22 december 2018 in the united kingdom and internationally on netflix the next day. Watership down is one of those books that engenders great affection in its readership. Based on the classic novel by richard adams, watership down is a remarkable tale about the friendship, survival and heroism of a group of rabbits who leave their endangered warren in search of a new home. Prior to watching the bbc and netflixs highly anticipated, bizarrely starstudded adaptation of watership down, the two main things i knew. It was rejected by several publishers before collings accepted the manuscript. Watership down aired on bbc one this evening, and it was the first in a twopart series the series is based on the famous book of the same name.
It is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel by richard adams. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted. It was a coproduction of alltime entertainment of the united kingdom and decode entertainment of canada, and produced by martin rosen, the director of the 1978. James mcavoy xmen, john boyega star wars and daniel kaluuya black panther lend their voices to this epic tale. Netflixs watership down proves it was a horror story all. Although there are some flaws in the series like some changes between the novel itself, this remake tells so greatly without even being too horrific like the 1978 film. Star lineup announced for watership down adaptation bbc.
Two editions of the book were published, one a hardcover, the other a. Watership down original cover uk imagine this book hot off the presses as you check out the cover for the uk first edition. Watership down is a britishcanadian animated fantasy childrens television series, adapted from the novel watership down by richard adams. Any ed material included on this site serves entertainment purposes, and is used with utmost respect for the original creators. I praised the performances of james mcavoy, john watership down in overall is a great retelling of this classic. 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.
Whats new for home viewing on video on demand and netflix, amazon prime, hulu and other streaming services. Watership down dvd 2 pack journey to watership downescape to watership down. When fiver voiced by nicholas hoult has a vision of the destruction of sandleford warren, his brother hazel voiced by james mcavoy and a group of other rabbits leave to find a new home. This was one of those books i lived in when i first read it, never has richard adams come close to what he achieved here, able to pull you the reader right down into the grass roots along with hazel, fiver and bigwig. For a generation of adults, watership down is probably synonymous with childhood trauma, thanks to richard adams beloved but occasionally brutal 1972 novel, and the downright barbaric 1978 film.
Whats the song playing in episode two at around 36. If you havent read the book, i am sure you saw the 1978 film. It is the third adaption of the 1972 novel by the same name, written by richard adams. A 1978 animated film directed by martin rosen, adapted from the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams hazel voiced by john hurt, our protagonist, has a little brother named fiver richard briers. Her two previous film scores, the little prince 1974 and the. This is a list of characters in watership down, a 1972 novel by richard adams. The novel was adapted into an animated feature film in 1978, and later, a television series, which ran from. My dad used to take me shooting rabbits, but after watership down i never went again. Season 2 of the watership down tv series aired 3 august 2000 26 october 2000. An allstar lineup, including john boyega, sir ben kingsley, and james mcevoy are set to star in a bbc adaptation of watership down. 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.
The graphics may not be as high quality as some of the newest releases but dont let that put you off. Watership down is an animated television series, loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by richard adams. This unofficial fansite is managed exclusively by watership down fans. With its naturalistic handdrawn animation, dreamily expressionistic touches, gorgeously bucolic background design, and elegant voice work from such superb english actors as john hurt, ralph richardson, richard briers, and denholm elliott, watership down is an emotionally arresting, darktoned allegory about freedom amid political turmoil. Though its animation leaves something to be desired, watership down is a faithful adaptation that will resonate with viewers of any age. Directed by 2 writing credits 3 cast 21 produced by 2 music by 1 film editing by 1 production management 1 sound department 2 visual effects by 2 camera and electrical department 12 animation department 77 editorial department 3 music department 15 other crew 7 see agents for. The shortlived 1999 tv series skewed back toward the authors. Two dogs escape from a laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague. Bbc and netflix release trailer for new watership down movie. According to the official watership down tv series website which is now closed season 2 was supposed to have had an episode produced called dandelions big story, in which he would tell a story to the younger. Richard briers, watership down is an imperfect film with some of the most powerful moments ever created for the genre.
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