''Mrs Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room'' is a 24-minute fantasy/magical short film directed by

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. In November 2010, the official trailer was released and entered into the International Movie Trailer Festival and won Best Trailer for an Un-Produced Movie. In March 2011, the film premiered at

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in London, then in August of the same year, was requested by

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to screen at their Burbank facility in Los Angeles. Three days later, the film won grand prize of Best Short Film at the prestigious HollyShorts International Film Festival. In December 2011, it won Best Short Fiction Film at the Olypmia International Film Festival in Greece. In May 2013, ''

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'' reported that a teen fantasy film loosely based on the short film, titled ''The Peppercorn Chronicles'', was in development, with Lè Han directing the film and co-writing the script with his wife Helen. The film was to be produced by

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’s production company Black Lake, with Cole serving as executive producer, and production was expected to begin in February 2014 in the

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and

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and

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were signed on to star in the film, which was intended to be the first film in the ''Peppercorn'' trilogy. As of May 2025, none of these films ever materialized.

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* * British short films 2011 films 2010s English-language films 2010s British films {{2010s-UK-film-stub