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Lupus Films and TerraGlyph Productions

Lupus Films and TerraGlyph Productions are producing a trilogy of Oscar Wilde's best known stories for children: The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant and The Devoted Friend. These three half-hour films are scheduled for broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK over Christmas 2003.

The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant and The Devoted Friend

Animated in three distinctly different styles by Lupus Films, each of the films starts and finishes with a storytelling device featuring a family. This family consists of Uncle Arthur, his niece Tilly and her young daughter Ruth. Arthur has fallen on hard times and so he moves in with Ruth and Tilly. Over the course of a summer he introduces them to the magic of story-telling, opening up their imaginations with the wonderful tales he tells.

These films of Oscar Wilde Stories feature a host of well-known voice talents including Pete Postlethwaite, Brendan Gleeson, Fiona Allen, Anna Chancellor, Jim Carter and a cast of talented child actors. The design work is taking place in Ireland (The Devoted Friend and The Nightingale and the Rose), Scotland (The Selfish Giant) and England (Arthur, Ruth and Tilly) and all three films are being animated at TerraGlyph's studio in Dublin. The scripts were adapted from Wilde's original texts by Andrew Clover.

Warner Teldec music CD

The Oscar Wilde Stories project originated with a Warner Teldec music CD which features an original orchestral score by renowned film composer Debbie Wiseman. This CD was nominated for a Grammy Award and Debbie Wiseman has been asked to adapt these scores to the animated films.

Oscar Wilde Stories financed by Channel 4 Television and TerraGlyph

The films are being financed by Channel 4 Television and TerraGlyph with assistance from the Irish Film Board and will be sold internationally by Channel 4 International. (link through to www.channel4international.co.uk)