Working Title has tapped up and coming British screenwriter Jon Croker (The Woman In Black: Angel of Death, Desert Dancer) to pen the script for an adaptation of Enid Blyton’s classic adventure series The Famous Five.
The beloved book series follows five school friends – Julian, Dick, Anne, George and her pet dog Timmy – and their various adventures during school holidays. The Famous Five launched in 1942 with the publication of Five on a Treasure Island, with twenty additional books following, and racking up sales of over 100 million copies.
Two Famous Five movies were released in 1957 and 1964, while there has also been two live-action TV series between 1978-1979 and in 1995, along with a 2008 animated series entitled Famous 5: On the Case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng&v=qXJL6jGfZhg
Originally published November 19, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
