First adapted from Michael Morpurgo’s book into a play by Nick Stafford, the story of War Horse has now been set loose on cinema audiences in Steven Spielberg’s latest epic. Having divided critics upon its release, we decide to make like a horse and canter towards a sunny meadow of consensus. And clover.

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It’s been a bestselling novel and a London stage hit. Now War Horse is set to run on the big screen, courtesy of an adaptation by mega-director Steven Spielberg.

Michael Morpurgo’s War Horse has been one of London’s most hyped about stage adaptations for the past few years. Dreamworks are currently considering a movie adaptation of the children’s novel, with Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) set to write the script.