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With a vocal frame boasting the likes of Emilia Clarke, Hugh Laurie, Hugh Bonneville and nowadays David Tennant, The Amazing Maurice will mark the twentieth anniversary of the book ’ second free and follows the titular streetwise computerized tomography as he comes up with a money-making scam with a group of talking rats .
While we don ’ t yet have a trailer for the film, Sky has released a issue of first-look images of The Amazing Maurice, equally well as a teaser bill poster ahead of its publicize date.
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here ’ mho everything you need to know about The Amazing Maurice and when we ’ re likely to see it .
When is The Amazing Maurice released?
Sky has announced that The Amazing Maurice will be arriving on Sky Cinema in 2022 .
While a specific liberation date has not so far been confirmed by Sky, we ’ ll be keeping this page updated so watch this space .
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What is The Amazing Maurice about?
Based on the 28th novel in Sir Terry Pratchett ’ s Discworld series, The Amazing Maurice follows the titular streetwise ginger vomit as he undertakes the perfective money-making scam with the avail of a pipe-player and a horde of “ queerly educated, talking rats ” .
“ When Maurice and the rodents reach the afflicted township of Bad Blintz, they meet a bookworm, Malicia, ” Sky teases. “ Their fiddling con soon goes down the drain as something very bad is waiting for them in the cellars. ”
Sky says that its animize adaptation of The Amazing Maurice and His educated Rodents has “ the wax support of the Terry Pratchett estate of the realm ” .
The Amazing Maurice cast
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Sky revealed The Amazing Maurice ’ s leading cast in November, with Game of Thrones ’ Emilia Clarke set to voice bookworm Malicia and Roadkill ’ s Hugh Laurie voicing Maurice .
other members of the cast include Wonder Woman ’ south David Thewlis ( Boss Man ), yesterday ’ randomness Himesh Patel ( Keith ), The King ’ s Man ’ s Gemma Arterton ( Peaches ) and Downton Abbey ’ s Hugh Bonneville ( The Mayor ) .
While in May, Sky announced that good Omens asterisk David Tennant would be joining the cast as dangerous Beans, while the likes of Gavin & Stacey ’ s Rob Brydon ( The Pied Piper ), Avenue Q ’ s Julie Atherton ( Nourishing ), His Dark Material ’ s Ariyon Bakare ( Darktan ) and YouTube leading Joe Sugg ( Sardines ) were besides set to spokesperson characters .
The Amazing Maurice trailer
Sky has not even released a preview for The Amazing Maurice, however the broadcaster did parcel versatile first-look pictures of the characters, including cat-o’-nine-tails Maurice, Peaches, Dangerous Beans, Darktan and Keith.
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Today, Sir Terry Pratchett ’ s bestselling book turns 20 & what better direction to announce that we ’ ra turning it into a movie. His co-stars are quite cute besides … ? # TheAmazingMaurice, a Sky Original, coming to # SkyCinema 2022 pic.twitter.com/djinzGZLoZ— Sky Ireland (@SkyIreland) November 1, 2021
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You can buy Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents on Amazon. If you’re looking for more to watch check out our TV Guide.
