 In the end Endemol decided to make the series into a feature movie, "Pipo en de p-p-parelridder", directed by Martin Lagestee and with a script by Wim Meuldijk.The script is loosely based on a 1960 Pipo TV series, "Pipo en de Slaapridder", which was filmed on location for 9000 guilders.The movie was filmed in Spain for around €3.5 million and premiered in November 2003.