Richard Adams ’ dear novel — and the infamously traumatizing 1978 animated adaptation — about a grouping of cony in hunting of a new home is getting an all - star re - imagining from Netflix and the BBC . In ? Better roles for female persona . Out ? on the face of it , some of the novel ’s shocking moment of savagery .
The BBC has been circling a new adaptation of the 1972 novel since 2014 , but today ’s declaration of a partnership with Netflix will see the four - part CGI series hit the streaming service and UK television simultaneously in 2017 . There ’s already an incredibly telling cast associated with the project , including James McAvoy , John Boyega , Sir Ben Kingsley , Gemma Arterton , Nicholas Hoult , and many more .
Despite its extensive mythological rabbit civilization , its religious symbolisation , and its dystopian themes of individualism in opposition to the incorporated land , Watership Down is possibly best remembered for its unbelievable fierceness — specially the animated movie , which has horrified untested child with its bunny - on - bunny girl violence for decades .
It ’s something the newfangled adjustment wo n’t quite be so well known for , manifestly — in an audience withThe Telegraph , the series ’ executive producer confirm that the novel show will “ tone down the storey of on - filmdom ferocity to make it more appropriate for children , ” while boosting the female parts from the original ledger ( something modern critics have heavy critiqued ) . But wo n’t toning down the force be miss a large part of the story ’s point ?
We ’ll find oneself out next yr when the new Watership Down get on Netflix and BBC One .
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