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The Office star Ricky Gervais is to turn his children's book, Flanimals, into a £50 million movie.
The successful book has sold more than 200,000 copies, and Gervais has now signed to produce a film adaptation, as well as voicing one of the Flanimals.
A source close to Ricky told The Sun, "He’s delighted. He’ll work on storyboards for the film and voice one of the characters. They are also hoping to sign up a lot of other big names."
Speaking of the inspiration behind his bizarre creations, Gervais said, "I was making up stupid animals for my six-year-old nephew. He grew out of them and I carried on."
The book includes characters such as Munge Fuddler and Frappled Humpdumbler.
Gervais hopes to match the success of Monsters Inc. with the new film.
The successful book has sold more than 200,000 copies, and Gervais has now signed to produce a film adaptation, as well as voicing one of the Flanimals.
A source close to Ricky told The Sun, "He’s delighted. He’ll work on storyboards for the film and voice one of the characters. They are also hoping to sign up a lot of other big names."
Speaking of the inspiration behind his bizarre creations, Gervais said, "I was making up stupid animals for my six-year-old nephew. He grew out of them and I carried on."
The book includes characters such as Munge Fuddler and Frappled Humpdumbler.
Gervais hopes to match the success of Monsters Inc. with the new film.
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