The film of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, made by Aardman Animations and Sony Pictures, will be released on 28th March 2012. The film features the voice of Hugh Grant (as Pirate Captain), Salma Hayek, Martin Freeman and, of course, Brian Blessed The first Aardman film since Flushed Away, The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists is one of Sony's top 5 films for 2012 and will have a huge consumer marketing campaign beginning in February, including partnership deals with MacDonalds and Birds Eye

'Hilarious. Destined to become a classic of pirate comic fiction' Eric Idle 'Silly, surreal and absolutely and utterly hilarious ... possibly the funniest book I've ever read. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face' Image 'Funny and entertaining' Independent 'Gideon Defoe definitively puts the "Ho ho!" - and, indeed, the "Yo!" - into pirating' Caitlin Moran

Gideon Defoe was born in 1975 and lives in London. He is also the author of The Pirates! In An Adventure with the Scientists, The Pirates! In An Adventure with Communists, and The Pirates! In An Adventure with Napoleon. You could be forgiven for thinking he is a bit of a one-trick pony.