Reposting @richardgradnerauthor: StudioCanal, which was behind the Paddington films, is joining forces with Sam Mendes' Neal Street Productions, for a live action adaptation of the book series, the Magic Faraway Tree. The tales follow a group of children's adventures at the top of a tree in an enchanted forest. Blyton wrote the Faraway Tree books between 1939 and 1951. The characters in the stories included Silky the fairy, Moonface, Dame Washalot and Saucepan
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