Release: Redwall Wiki Turns 6

Today, the Redwall Wiki officially celebrates its 6th birthday, and it has been a great past few years.

Unfortunately, this year can't help but be overshadowed by the loss of Mr. Jacques, and as a result I'm going to keep our annual press release brief in honor of his memory.

What's important is this:

Even though at this time it is totally unknown if we will ever see another Redwall novel, be it from Mr. Jacques himself or another author who has received the go-ahead, the Redwall Wiki isn't going anywhere. We will continue to serve as the best Internet resource for Redwall information, news, fan fiction and fan artwork.

I'm personally hopeful that there may be one more novel out there, and if we're lucky a Redwall film adaptation will happen.

In the past few years we've done an annual art contest, and honestly I'm not sure if you guys want one this year, so I've decided to put it up for a vote. If a significant number of people vote for one, we'll do it. If a majority votes for a contest and it's only 3 people, that's not really necessary. I'd like to see as many entries as possible.

Thanks to everyone who visits this site and contributes to articles, fan fiction, and art. We couldn't do it without you.

Brian_Jacques BBC Tribute

Brian Jacques will be honored this weekend with a one hour tribute on BBC Radio Merseyside.

At 5PM BST August 28th, The Life of Brian - Remembering Jakestown will air, and it is said to feature archival Jacques audio, as well as thoughts from David and Jimmy Jacques and BBC coworkers.

BBC Radio Merseyside can be streamed right here, so hopefully international listeners can tune in for this special.

The program will air again at 9PM BST, August 31.

Perhaps a Redwall movie is coming

For the past two years, a group of Redwall fans has attempted to produce a Redwall movie on their own - albeit with no legal permission from The Redwall Abbey Company, and thus a heinous violation of copyright and an infringement on Brian Jacques' intellectual property. It is illegal to produce/create movies using copyrighted material without proper licensing, even if you have no intention to profit off of it.

It is for these reasons that this project has never been linked on this website, and it will not be linked here even now, as we take copyright and legal issues very very seriously.

Thus you can imagine my relief this week when Alan Ingram on behalf of The Redwall Abbey Company contacted this group of people and informed them that film rights were not available, effectively halting all work on the project.

However, Mr. Ingram also noted in his e-mail that the Redwall Abbey Co. was in "contractual talks with another interested party," and that they were "close to reaching an agreement," which is incredibly positive news for a potential Redwall novel big screen adaptation, and I sincerely hope it all works out for the best for everyone involved.

Hopefully we will see a tale of Redwall at cinemas in the near future.

"Rogue Crew" Paperback Announced

Amazon.com has posted details for the forthcoming Ace paperback for The Rogue Crew, which will be published next spring.

The price is listed at $7.99, with a page count of 368. In fact, you can even pre-order it now if you like, even though it's scheduled for release on April 24,2012.

Redwall.org rebrands itself

Overnight, Redwall.org has rebranded itself as the new Redwallabbey.com!

The site has a totally different layout, which includes a new online shop, an obituary section in remembrance of Brian Jacques, and a discussion forum. We also appreciate being included in the Links section of the site, thanks team.

This change has been planned since last year, as the domain has been registered since November 2010.

Stop on by and check it out. What do you think? Let us know in the comments

The Future of Redwall

With the publication of The Rogue Crew earlier this month, many have been wondering if this means the end of the Redwall saga as we know it.

I have some news on that.

And the big exciting news is...we don't know yet!

That's right - it appears as if nothing is set in stone in terms of publishing any other Brian Jacques works for the time being, and I for one accept no news as good news.

I'm also inclined to believe there is at least one more Redwall novel floating around out there for two reasons. The first being that Brian tended to be have his work completed way in advance of the publishing dates, so given his writing schedule, I have to think there is something else there. Second, last year there was a contest to name a future Redwall character. We do not know the name of this character - the winner has gone AWOL as it were and cannot confirm or deny that their character appears in The Rogue Crew.

Additionally, Brian has a few shelved projects, possibly even ones we don't know about, and several years back, an autobiography was put away. Personally, I'm interested in anything and everything Brian has written, so if anyone out there reading this has input into whether or not any other works for Brian Jacques should be published, I strongly advocate for the publishing of this material, and I'm sure more than a few fans would be happy as well.

While it's up in the air in terms of new works being published, there is some news in terms of 2010's repackages.

The books will be receiving reprints with numbered spines; the number will be representative of the order in which it was published. Also, if the front cover of the paperback is opened, a list of the books will be numbered as well. Two books have already received this treatment from my observation, Mattimeo and The Sable Quean.

Next year will be the 25th anniversary of the publication of Redwall in the United States, and I hope another special edition will be released, perhaps with some nice illustrations.

So don't worry, I don't think we've seen the last of Brian.

Redwall Collectors Community: Redwall: The Next Adventure (2011)

Happy Easter everyone!

Earlier this month, the second DVD in Kaboom Entertainment's Region 1 re-release of the Redwall TV Series came out: Redwall: The Next Adventure.

The disc is currently available on Amazon for $9.99; and even better, the last release Redwall: The Adventure Begins, normally on sale for $7.99, has been listed at $3.49 for weeks now (which we announced on our Facebook and Twitter accounts)! This means if you want Redwall - Season 1 in its entirety on DVD, it's only $13.48 total, which is a great price considering the independent sellers out there ripping everyone off.

As with The Adventure Begins, there is no pamphlet or anything inside the case, just the disc. Also like last time, there are no special features, just the final seven episodes of season one, with the option to change the language audio track to French.

However, worth noting is two cosmetic errors on the back cover of the DVD case that certainly make this item even more collectible. First, "Abby" is misspelled in the product description, and second, the run time for the disc is listed as 132 minutes, when it is actually 154 (the run time on the disc itself displays this correctly).

Overall, definitely worth getting if you want a copy of the show to watch any time you want legally. Here's hoping Kaboom continues their releases.