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'Kiki's Delivery Service' to Be Adapted as Live-Action Series
The 10-episode series is the property’s first live-action TV adaptation and will draw mainly from the novel’s first volume.
- On Tuesday, BBC Studios, Wheel in Motion, and Kadokawa Corporation announced a partnership to produce the first live-action television series based on Eiko Kadono's book series.
- Marking the 40th anniversary of the book series, the project follows the 1989 animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli.
- Screenwriter Irena Brignull, who wrote The Boxtrolls, Skellig, and The Little Prince, will adapt the series into 10 episodes of 30 minutes each.
- The narrative follows Kiki, a 13-year-old witch who relocates to the port town of Koriko with her cat, Jiji, to start her delivery service.
- Grainne McNamara of BBC Studios Kids & Family said the team is thrilled to bring the story to a "global stage," while Takeo Kodera, director of international co-productions at Kadokawa, called it an "exciting tribute.
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‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ Live Action Series In Works At BBC Studios, Wheel In Motion & Kadokawa
Hayao Miyazaki’s iconic Studio Ghibli movie Kiki’s Delivery Service is being remade into a live action series by BBC Studios. BBC Studios Kids & Family has tied with Wheel In Motion and Japan’s Kadokawa Corporation on the 10 x 30-minute series, the first time Kiki’s Delivery Service, which is based on the Eiko Kadono books, […]
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Kiki the little witch will venture on the small screen. Already adapted by Hayao Miyazaki in 1989, the novel will be entitled to a new adaptation in television series for the BBC. We all have our favorite Ghibli. Some place My neighbor Totoro or Princess Mononoke in the first place, while
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