Flanimals
Flanimals book cover
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| Author | Ricky Gervais |
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| Illustrator | Rob Steen |
| Cover artist | Rob Steen |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Series | Flanimals Series |
| Subject | Creatures |
| Genre | Humour |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
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Publication date
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2004 |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 57311839 |
| [Fic] 22 | |
| LC Class | PZ7.G3265 Fl 2005 |
| Followed by | More Flanimals, Flanimals of the Deep |
Flanimals is a book and a book series written by comedian Ricky Gervais. The book, illustrated by Rob Steen, depicts a list of seemingly useless or inadequate animals, and their behaviour.
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 March 2010 by Candlewick Press in the US.
Several models of Flanimals are available on the official site.
In August 2010, Norwich-based writer and artist John Savage issued a High Court writ, claiming that the original book is based on his own work, Captain Pottie's Wildlife Encyclopedia. The writer claims Savage's artistic and literary copyright has been infringed by Gervais. A spokeswoman for Gervais said the concept and illustrations existed before Savage's work.
Originally ITV had commissioned a television series based on the books, which had a predicted air date of 2009, but it was later scrapped.
On 28 April 2009, Variety reported that a 3-D, computer-animated feature film is in production at Illumination Entertainment, known for its 2010 summer blockbuster Despicable Me. Gervais will be the executive producer and will also lend his voice to the lead character, while The Simpsons writer Matt Selman will write the script. As of July 2013, the studio was still working on the film.
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