{"id":43983,"date":"2022-10-11T16:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T20:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=43983"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:29:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T20:29:41","slug":"apple-original-films-lands-animated-short-film-the-boy-the-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse-based-on-the-beloved-award-winning-book-by-charlie-mackesy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/11\/apple-original-films-lands-animated-short-film-the-boy-the-mole-the-fox-and-the-horse-based-on-the-beloved-award-winning-book-by-charlie-mackesy\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Original Films Lands Animated Short Film &#8220;The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse,&#8221; Based on the Beloved Award-Winning Book by Charlie Mackesy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Apple-TV-small-e1621556314386.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"192\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21429\" \/>Apple Original Films announced today that the animated short film &#8220;<strong><em>The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; based on the internationally best-selling book of the same name by celebrated author Charlie Mackesy, will be coming to Apple TV+ on Christmas Day. 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