- Original name: Banking on Mr. Toad
- Country: United Kingdom, Mexico
- Genre: drama, biography, cartoon
- Producer: Louis Mandoki
- World premiere: 2020
- Starring: T. Kebbell, B. Blessid, M. Williams et al.
Recently, information about the resumption of work on an animated film about the life of British writer Kenneth Graham, author of the children's bestseller The Wind in the Willows, was leaked to the network. We already know some details of the plot of the cartoon "Mr. Todd's Bank Account" and the preliminary release date, scheduled for 2020, but the exact cast and trailer are not yet available.
Expectations rating - 95%.
Plot
The life of the main character Kenneth Graham since childhood can hardly be called happy. When the boy was only five, his mother died. A few years later, his father also disappeared in an unknown direction, leaving Kenneth and his two brothers in the care of their grandmother and uncle.
While at school, young Graham demonstrated excellent knowledge. He dreamed of continuing his education at Oxford. But the too high cost of studying at the university did not allow the guy to achieve what he wanted. Instead of a student's bench, Kenneth got a job at a bank.
Sitting at the desk day after day, the young man carried away in his fantasies into another reality, away from the gray everyday life. Soon amazing works began to come out from under his pen. The most successful of them was the fairy tale "The Wind in the Willows".
Kenneth wrote this book especially for his son Alistair, who was born as a result of his marriage to Elspie Thompson. From birth the boy was very weak, sickly and caused a lot of trouble for his parents. In order to somehow diversify his dull life and alleviate suffering, a caring father invented for him amazing stories about the adventures of a toad named Mr. Todd and his friends.
Production and filming
Director - Luis Mandoki ("White Palace", "Lessons in Love", "Message in a Bottle").
Luis mandoki
Film crew:
- Screenplay: Timothy Haas, Wendy Oberman (Lady Chatterley's Lover);
- Producers: Philip Valey (Red Sea Diving Resort, Doctor Sleep), Miles Catley (Eagle of the Ninth Legion, Daddy's Army), Josephine Rose (Needle Case, The Rules of Slaughter), Timothy Haas , Robert Green;
- Composer: John Rutter.
According to available information, the film is under preparation, so there are no actual footage from the shooting yet. The studio behind the biopic is HSL (Haas Silver Levene Film Studios).
The film was originally planned to be shot in Ireland and Prague, but due to insufficient funding this decision had to be abandoned.
Cast
The leading roles will be performed by:
- Tobby Kebbell (Warcraft, Kong: Skull Island, Time of Retribution);
- Mark Williams (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Father Brown);
- Brian Blessid (Alexander, The Rise of the Borgia).
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- The idea to create a film about Kenneth Graham first appeared in 2009.
- It is planned to spend about $ 20 million on filming.
- Initially, the main role was planned to be given to Adrian Brody.
- The main female role in the upcoming 2020 cartoon may be played by Lena Headey, with whom negotiations took place several years ago.
As conceived by the creators, the 2020 project "Mr. Todd's Bank Account" will become a hybrid of a full-length film and a cartoon; and if everything is clear enough with the plot, then the exact release date, cast and trailer will have to wait.