"Downton Abbey" creator will write "The Wind in the Willows" screenplay

The creator of Downton Abbey will write the screenplay for a new adaptation of The Wind in the Willows.

Kenneth Grahame’s classic novel — the story of Mole, Rat, Toad, and Badger – was of course previously made into an animated film by Disney.

More recently, it also became a musical, with the help of Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes.

His upcoming animated adaptation will be shot at the studios of Peter Jackson (of Lord of the Rings fame), reports Deadline.

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