The Borrowers’ adventures were then continued in several follow-up novels, The Borrowers Afield (1955), The Borrowers Afloat (1959), The Borrowers Aloft (1961), and The Borrowers Avenged (1982), which saw the tiny family leave the safety of their house and go out into the big (especially big for them), wide world.
A big screen reboot of the little people known as The Borrowers is on its way courtesy of Universal Pictures and Working Title, who have announced that an updated feature version is now in development.
Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing The Borrowers reboot, with Alexandra Loewy, president of U.S. Film for Working Title, set to oversee development on the project on behalf of Working Title along with SEVP of Production Erik Baiers and VP Production Lexi Barta on behalf of Universal.
The story features a family of tiny people, The Borrowers, who live secretly in the walls and floors of an English house and “borrow” from the big people in order to survive.