Exclusive: Radar Pictures has secured the feature film rights for Geronimo Stilton, the best-selling children’s book series about the crime-solving adventures of a mouse journalist and his eccentric gang of family and friends.

Canadian animation writer, director and voice actor David Soren – whose credits include Turbo, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie and Paramount Animation’s upcoming Under the Boardwalk – has been attached to adapt and direct the Geronimo Stilton feature film.

The Geronimo Stilton character was created by Italian author Elisabetta Dami in the 1990s from stories she invented for young patients while volunteering at a children’s hospital.

Since then the character has been featured in more than 300 books, translated into over 50 languages, as well as graphic novels, an animated series, eight live stage productions, video games and toys.

The original books and their spin-offs have sold 180 million copies in 150 countries.

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