Drive auteur Nicholas Winding Refn is is forging a TV adaptation of The Famous Five for the BBC and ZDF. Enid Blyton’s legendary book series will be turned into three 90 minute features for the two European broadcasters and the show has already sold to France’s TF1.
The Famous Five follows Julian, Dick, Anne, George and their dog Timmy – daring young explorers as they encounter treacherous, action-packed adventures, remarkable mysteries, unparalleled danger and astounding secrets in an odyssey that evokes the power of camaraderie between young heroes.
The 21 books are some of the bestselling children’s novels of all time and have already been adapted twice for ITV over the past four decades, along with being made into a 2012 German language movie.
Copenhagen Cowboy’s Winding Refn, who will create and EP, said: “All my life I’ve fought vigorously to remain a child with a lust for adventure.
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