‘The Amazing Maurice’ is the first animated feature film to be based on a Terry Pratchett novel – ‘The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents’. The novel was the 28th in the Discworld® series and the first primarily written for a younger audience, winning the Carnegie Medal in 2001.

The film tells the tale of Maurice, a large talking cat, who travels from town to town offering to solve their sudden rat problem. He unveils Keith, a young boy who can play the pipe quite well, and the rats march out of town to the relief of the townsfolk. Maurice and the money received from the grateful town suddenly disappear and he reappears a suitable distance away to count the money with Keith and the rats! But these are no ordinary rats – they talk and wear clothes and dream of an island paradise where rats and humans live together in peace. All goes well with their ‘rat scam’ until they reach the town of Bad Blintz, where they meet a book obsessed girl, Malicia, who leads them on an adventure to solve the mystery of her town… 

This animated family film is produced with Narrativia, the independent production company set up by the author in 2012 and is a co-production between Cantilever Media and Ulysses Filmproduktion for Sky Cinema.

The film stars Hugh Laurie (Avenue 5) as Maurice, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Malicia, David Thewlis (Wonder Woman) as Boss Man, Himesh Patel (Yesterday) as Keith, Gemma Arterton (The King’s Man) as Peaches, Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) as The Mayor, David Tennant (Doctor Who) as Dangerous Beans, Ariyon Bakare (His Dark Materials) as Darktan, Rob Brydon (Roald & Beatrix: The Tale of the Curious Mouse) as The Pied Piper, Julie Atherton (Avenue Q) as Nourishing YouTuber Joe Sugg as Sardines, and Peter Serafinowicz as DEATH.

The Amazing Maurice, a Sky Original will be released on Sky Cinema in the UK, and by Telepool in Germany in 2022 and in cinemas worldwide.

Director:
Toby Genkel

Co-Director:
Florian Westermann

Producers:
Emely Christians (Ulysses Filmproduktion)
Andrew Baker (Cantilever Media)
Robert Chandler (Cantilever Media)
Rob Wilkins (Narrativia)

Executive Producer:
Julia Stuart (Sky)
Roddy McManus
Louis Paltnoi
Mark Walker

Executive Producer:
Terry Pratchett

Screenplay:
Terry Rossio based on the book by Terry Pratchett

Composer:
Tom Howe

Casting Directors:
Debbie McWilliams
Jemma McWilliams

Production & Character Design and Art Direction:
Heiko Hentschel

Character Concept Art:
Carter Goodrich
Paul Kidby
Oliver Kurth

Production Companies:
Ulysses Filmproduktion www.ulyssesfilms.de
Cantilever Media www.cantilever.media
Narrativia www.narrativia.com

Animation Studios:
Studio Rakete
Red Star 3D

International Sales:
Global Screen

Supported by:
Deutscher Filmförderfonds
MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
FFA
The Creative MEDIA Programme of the European Union