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Lupus Films announces animated adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s Kensuke’s Kingdom

March 7, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Lupis Films and Melusine Productions have announced a 2D animated feature film adaptation of War Horse author Michael Morpurgo’s award-winning children’s novel Kensuke’s Kingdom.

Kensuke’s Kingdom follows the adventures of a boy called Michael and his dog Stella who are shipwrecked on a remote desert island.  Terrified and struggling to survive, Michael soon discovers that they share the island with Kensuke – a mysterious old Japanese man who has been living on the island for decades with a family of orangutans as his companions.  Keeping their distance, they treat each other with mutual suspicion.  However as dangerous invaders appear on the horizon, it becomes clear they must join forces to save their fragile island paradise.   

The feature film will be directed by award-winning directing team Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry, whose animation credits include The Last Belle, Junk, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Space Jam and The Snowman and the Snowdog. The screenplay has been written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce (Hilary and Jackie, Welcome to Sarajevo, The Railway Man), while Sarah Radclyffe (Les Miserables) and Barnaby Spurrier (Somers Town) produce.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Kensuke's Kingdom, Michael Morpurgo

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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