Families can join London s largest children s books and pets party this half term. Some of the UK s best-known authors will be sharing the screen with their furry friends on Saturday (Feb 20) at the online Barnes Children’s Literature Festival. Children s Laureate Cressida Cowell, Blue Peter Presenter Konnie Huq and Gruffalo creator Axel Scheffler are among those attending the ‘Pet Parade’. Festival Director Amanda Brettargh said: “This year has got off to such a dreadful start with schools closed and families once again doing such a wonderful job of juggling working from home with online learning, we wanted to support them”
We’re in a golden age for animated features. The films reaching our screens represent a growing range of subject matter, genres, visual styles, and budgets. The field is becoming more international the Oscar shortlists attest to that. The sheer number of projects being greenlit, made, and released keeps us busy here at Cartoon Brew.
To better keep track of the scene, we’ll be publishing regular round-ups of animated feature projects that have recently been announced. Here is our first. The films below are in their early stages, so no release dates have yet been confirmed.
This Was Our Pact
Welcome to the wonderful world of public domain, where we’ll get not one, but two different
Wizard of Oz projects from two different companies, based on L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s novel. New Line will tackle the source material itself with a feature adaptation of Baum’s
Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while Warner Bros. will re-team with animation studio Animal Logic for an animated musical adaptation of
New Line’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz
New Line has tapped
Nicole Kassell to helm the feature film adaptation of
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, following the studio’s extensive search to find a “visionary” filmmaker to “reimagine” Baum’s classic novel, according to Deadline. The outlet reports that New Line liked Kassell’s meticulous world-building in overseeing
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Scottish Bookshelf – Books In Scots
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This is a brief selection of reviews and blurbs of books in which children’s stories have been expertly translated into Scots.
The Scots language is often mistaken for Scottish slang or dialect, but it is actually the official name of a West Germanic language spoken in modern Scotland.
Scots is recognised as a language in its own right by the Scottish and UK Governments and by the European Union.
Martin Waddell
Edited by James Robertson & Matthew Fitt
Introduction by Julia Donaldson
ITCHY COO
We’re all familiar with fairy tales, especially those of Hans Christian Andersen. However, this version of events translated into Scots is certainly something special. These old tales have been expertly translated into Scots and by such big names – including, Elaine C.Smith, Val McDermid, Sheena Blackhall, Thomas Clark and more!