Flanimals

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Flanimals
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Flanimals book cover
Author Ricky Gervais
Illustrator Rob Steen
Cover artistRob Steen
LanguageEnglish
SeriesFlanimals Series
SubjectCreatures
GenreHumour
Publisher Faber and Faber
Publication date
2004
Publication placeEngland
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.

Contents

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.

List of Flanimals

Originality dispute

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]

Adaptations

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]

References

  1. "Gervais sued over Flanimals book". BBC News. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  2. BBC News Online (27 June 2006). "Gervais in ITV deal on Flanimals". BBC News Online . Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  3. Fleming, Michael (28 April 2009). "Gervais' 'Flanimals' heads to bigscreen". Variety . Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  4. Debruge, Peter (17 July 2013). "Illumination Chief Chris Meledandri Lines Up Originals for Universal". Variety. Retrieved 7 January 2017.