We’re so excited to share our latest new development, The Storm Whale Trilogy. A series of three
half-hour special films based on the award-winning Storm Whale books by Benji Davies published by
Simon and Schuster.
We’ll be working with the same dream team we worked with our International-Emmy® Award-
winning TV adaptation of The Tiger Who Came to Tea. This includes director Robin Shaw, who will
also write the scripts, and Grammy-Award winning composer David Arnold, best known for scoring
five James Bond films. David’s original score for The Tiger Who Came to Tea won the British
Animation Award for Best Music
The tender and heart-warming stories follow the adventures of Noi, a young boy who lives on a slip
of land surrounded by sea. His hardworking, single parent fisherman dad goes out to sea every day
in his boat, leaving Noi to spend most of the day outdoors, regardless of the weather, where the
island becomes his playground. He has only six sleepy cats and shy sea creatures for company and
finds it hard to communicate with his dad. So when he finds a baby whale washed up on the beach
after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care for it. He tries to keep his new friend a secret,
but there’s only so long you can keep a whale in the bath without your dad finding out…
The arrival of the whale is a catalyst that changes Noi’s life, and his relationship with his dad, for the
better – the perfect gift from one friend to another. Across the course of the three films – The Storm
Whale, The Storm Whale in Winter and Grandma Bird – Noi begins to find his place in the world, and
friendship in unexpected places. Tough emotional and physical challenges help him grow from the
lonely little boy seen at the start of The Storm Whale into the happier child that emerges by the end
of Grandma Bird.
Director, Robin, said: “I’m so excited to bring Benji Davies’s gorgeous books to the screen. They are
already bestsellers and will translate perfectly into wonderful family viewing with real global appeal.
As well as being visually stunning, they are tremendously engaging as we follow Noi’s journey from a
shy, quiet soul to a happy and self-assured boy. We are sure that kids everywhere will relate to his
struggles to communicate his feelings, and his thrilling adventures across the trilogy as he grows his
confidence.”
Ruth Fielding, Producer and Joint Managing Director Lupus Films said: “It’s a real pleasure to bring
The Storm Whale Trilogy to life on screen. The books look so beautiful and perfectly suit Lupus’s
trademark hand-drawn animation style, which really captures their essence. The stories are both
poignant and exciting, with truly engaging characters and perilous adventures that are sure to have
kids on the edge of their seats, and it’s a joy to watch Noi’s character develop across the three films.
I’m sure they’re going to be a huge success.”