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![]() Flanimals book cover | |
Author | Ricky Gervais |
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Illustrator | Rob Steen |
Cover artist | Rob Steen |
Language | English |
Series | Flanimals Series |
Subject | Creatures |
Genre | Humour[ citation needed] |
Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 2004 |
Publication place | England |
ISBN | 0-399-24397-6 |
OCLC | 57311839 |
[Fic] 22 | |
LC Class | PZ7.G3265 Fl 2005 |
Followed by | More Flanimals, Flanimals of the Deep |
Flanimals is a book series written by comedian Ricky Gervais and illustrated by Rob Steen. It depicts an assortment of seemingly useless or inadequate fictional animals and their behaviour.
The cover Flanimal is the Grundit. The book is published by Faber and Faber, which has also published the sequels More Flanimals, Flanimals of the Deep and Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling. Flanimals: Pop Up was published October 2009 by Walker Books in the UK and in March 2010 by Candlewick Press in the US.
In August 2010, Norwich-based writer and artist John Savage issued a High Court writ, claiming that the original Flanimals book was based on his own Captain Pottie's Wildlife Encyclopedia, and that his artistic and literary copyright had been infringed. A spokeswoman for Gervais said that the concept and illustrations existed before Savage's work. [1]
ITV commissioned a television series based on the books, with a planned air date of 2009, but it was later cancelled. [2]
On 28 April 2009, Variety reported that an animated feature film was in production at Illumination Entertainment, known for its 2010 summer blockbuster Despicable Me. It said that Gervais would be the executive producer and would voice the lead character, and that The Simpsons writer Matt Selman would write the script. [3] However, it has since been removed from the development schedule, leaving its future uncertain, and no further details have been released about it since 2009. [4]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (June 2013) |
![]() Flanimals book cover | |
Author | Ricky Gervais |
---|---|
Illustrator | Rob Steen |
Cover artist | Rob Steen |
Language | English |
Series | Flanimals Series |
Subject | Creatures |
Genre | Humour[ citation needed] |
Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 2004 |
Publication place | England |
ISBN | 0-399-24397-6 |
OCLC | 57311839 |
[Fic] 22 | |
LC Class | PZ7.G3265 Fl 2005 |
Followed by | More Flanimals, Flanimals of the Deep |
Flanimals is a book series written by comedian Ricky Gervais and illustrated by Rob Steen. It depicts an assortment of seemingly useless or inadequate fictional animals and their behaviour.
The cover Flanimal is the Grundit. The book is published by Faber and Faber, which has also published the sequels More Flanimals, Flanimals of the Deep and Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling. Flanimals: Pop Up was published October 2009 by Walker Books in the UK and in March 2010 by Candlewick Press in the US.
In August 2010, Norwich-based writer and artist John Savage issued a High Court writ, claiming that the original Flanimals book was based on his own Captain Pottie's Wildlife Encyclopedia, and that his artistic and literary copyright had been infringed. A spokeswoman for Gervais said that the concept and illustrations existed before Savage's work. [1]
ITV commissioned a television series based on the books, with a planned air date of 2009, but it was later cancelled. [2]
On 28 April 2009, Variety reported that an animated feature film was in production at Illumination Entertainment, known for its 2010 summer blockbuster Despicable Me. It said that Gervais would be the executive producer and would voice the lead character, and that The Simpsons writer Matt Selman would write the script. [3] However, it has since been removed from the development schedule, leaving its future uncertain, and no further details have been released about it since 2009. [4]