BBC Studios Developing Live-Action 'Kiki's Delivery Service' TV Series
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· 2 sourcesBBC Studios, in partnership with Wheel in Motion and Japan's Kadokawa Corporation, is developing a live-action television series based on Eiko Kadono's novel "Kiki's Delivery Service," Variety reported. The series will consist of 10 half-hour episodes drawn primarily from the first volume of the six-book series, according to both Variety and Deadline. Deadline noted that this marks the first live-action television adaptation of the story, which follows a 13-year-old witch who starts a delivery service in a port town. The project is currently in development.
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Summary
BBC Studios Kids & Family, in partnership with Wheel in Motion and Japan's Kadokawa Corporation, is developing a live-action television series based on Eiko Kadono's novel "Kiki's Delivery Service." The project, currently in development, will consist of 10 half-hour episodes drawn primarily from the first volume of the six-book series. This marks the first live-action television treatment of the beloved story about a 13-year-old witch who starts a delivery service in a port town.
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· 3 pulledBBC Studios Kids & Family has unveiled a three-way partnership with U.K. production company Wheel in Motion and Japan's Kadokawa Corporation to develop a live-action television series based on Eiko Kadono's novel 'Kiki's Delivery Service'
Currently in development, the project is planned as 10 half-hour episodes drawn primarily from the first volume of Kadono's six-book series
The story follows 13-year-old witch Kiki as she leaves home and relocates to the port town of Koriko, where she sets up a delivery service and forges
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