Encountering three carnivorous animals along the way, who all wish to eat him - first a fox, (who wants to cook the mouse) then an owl, (who wants eat the mouse for tea) and finally a snake (who wants to choke and eat the mouse) - the plucky mouse uses his wits to survive. The mouse tries to find a nut to eat but he can not reach it, so he makes a journey to a beautiful nut tree.

So she tells the story of a mouse strolling through a deep dark wood. The mother squirrel drops the nut as she escapes from the owl, but her shocked children want her to tell them a story. Her children are playing until they see an owl. In an autumn wood, a Red squirrel mother finds a nut. In December 2012, the film and its sequel The Gruffalo's Child premiered on television in the United States on Disney Junior, and in December 2017 – 2018, the film and its sequel premiered on television in the United States on the Disney Junior channel. It was screened in US theatres, distributed by Kidtoon Films.

The cast includes Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Robbie Coltrane, James Corden, John Hurt and Tom Wilkinson.ĩ.8 million people watched the UK premiere on BBC One, Friday 25 December 2009 and the film went on to receive nominations for both an Academy Award The Gruffalo is a 2009 short computer animated television film based on the 1999 picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.ĭirected by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, the film was produced by Michael Rose and Martin Pope of Magic Light Pictures, London, and Orange Eyes Limited, in association with the award-winning Studio Soi in Ludwigsburg, Germany, who developed and created the film.

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