Acclaimed TV series Horrible Histories is to transfer to the cinema screen.

Horrible Histories: The Movie is scheduled to go into production in 2018. It is being produced by Altitude with Citrus Films, the company whose television arm is behind small-screen adaptations of the property.

According to Screen Daily The film will be set in Roman Britain. Altitude chairman and co-CEO Will Clarke suggested it could be the first entry in a series of features: “We very much see this as a franchise with rich and incredibly funny source material to produce further films in the series.”

The script has been written by Jessica Swale. Dominic Brigstocke will direct.

Co-producer Caroline Norris said: “Making the TV series was more fun than should strictly be allowed, so we can’t wait to supersize that sketch show DNA for the big screen.”

Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories, added: “I am Horribly thrilled to be working with Citrus and Altitude; they’re real high flyers (geddit?… oh never mind).”

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