John Boyega joins James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult in BBC's 'Watership Down'

LONDON, April 28 (UPI) -- John Boyega of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is joining James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult for a four-part animated miniseries based on the novel Watership Down.

Netflix and BBC are joining forces to tackle the animated project alongside production banner 42, according to Deadline. The series will make its debut on BBC One in the United Kingdom and on Netflix everywhere else.

Olivia Colman, Ben Kingsley and Gemma Arterton are also linked to the project.

The computer-animated series, based on the classic 1972 children's book by Richard Adams, will hear Mad Max: Fury Road actor Hoult and Boyega voice the rabbit characters Fiver and Bigwig. The new series follows a 1978 film adaption of the same story, but will reportedly "delve deeper," according to sources.