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The movie doesnt sugarcoat deeper themes such as the life and death struggle in nature, the struggle between freedom and totalitarianism, and the negative impact humans can have on the environment. There will also be more comedy and more prominent female. She also becomes a cochief rabbit alongside hazel of watership down. It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by richard adams and adapted by tom bidwell.
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Watership down with john boyega, james mcavoy gets first trailer. Watership down is a 2018 britishamerican animated television miniseries directed by noam murro. Bbc remake watership down with less violence to avoid. Get all the latest updates on your favorite movies from new releases to timeless classics, get the scoop on moviefone. With james mcavoy, nicholas hoult, john boyega, ben kingsley. Of necessity it has had to lose a lot of the original story in order to fit into the time constraints of the visual format, and on the whole it follows the essential narrative fairly well.
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