Long and winding has been the road to Ben Gregor's upcoming adaptation of Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree . Eleven years ago, Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris announced plans to enter Blyton's beloved fantasy world and produce a cinematic take on the material. Then, in 2017, Simon Farnaby was tapped to write the movie after the phenomenal success of Paddington 2 . And now, almost a decade later, Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, and a whole host of stars have aligned to finally bring The Magic Faraway Tree — and its many weird and wondrous denizens — to life on the big screen. And you can check out the first trailer for the movie below;

Well that looks thoroughly charming, doesn't it? When Empire spoke to director Gregor as part of our 2026 Preview issue , the fi

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