Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy will lead the cast of a new film based on Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway.

It has been adapted by Simon Farnaby, who also co-wrote the screenplays for the Paddington films, Wonka, and the BBC’s version of Ghosts.

The stories follow Polly and Tim and their children Beth, Joe and Fran – a modern family who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside.

Soon after the family’s arrival in the countryside, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents including Moonface, Silky, Dame Washalot and Saucepan Man.

At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands and, through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the family learn to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.

Filming is due to begin in June.