The Pirates!

The Pirates!
Author Gideon Defoe
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Comedy
Historical fiction
Publisher 1-4: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK)
5: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)[1]
Published 2004-2012
Media type Print (hardcover and paperback)
Audiobook

The Pirates! is a series of five comedy books following a group of pirates on their adventures. It is written by British author Gideon Defoe and was published starting in 2004 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The fifth book The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics was released in 2012, and was published by Bloomsbury Publishing.

Books

  1. The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists (2004)
  2. The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling (2005)
  3. The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists (2006)
  4. The Pirates! in an Adventure with Napoleon (2008)
  5. The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics (2012)[2]

Characters

Film adaptation

Aardman Animations in partnership with Sony Pictures Animation loosely adapted The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists into a 3D stop-motion animated film internationally titled The Pirates! Band of Misfits. Released on 28 March 2012, and directed by Peter Lord, the film features the voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, and Imelda Staunton.[3] The film was met with very positive reviews,[4] while it earned $118 million against the budget of $55 million.[5] A short film, titled So You Want to Be a Pirate!, was released on the film's DVD and Blu-ray, and it shows The Pirate Captain hosting his own talk show about being a true pirate.[6]

References

  1. "Gideon Defoe". Janklow & Nesbit Ltd. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  2. "The Pirates! In An Adventure With The Romantics". Janklow & Nesbit Ltd. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  3. O'Hara, Helen (October 25, 2011). "Exclusive! New Pirates! Trailer". Empire. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  4. "The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  5. "The Pirates! Band of Misfits". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  6. Sony Pictures Animation (6 April 2012). "Sky Movies in the UK posted the first five minutes". Retrieved 6 April 2012. Sky Movies in the UK posted the first five minutes of The Pirates! Band of Misfits short that will plundering on DVD and Blu-ray later this year. Take a look and tell us what you think!