Exclusive: Lionsgate has bought a pitch by Hoodwinked creator/producer Hardy Howl Films to turn the classic Tomie dePaola children’s book series Strega Nona into a feature. Ian Bryce will produce. The Caldecott Award winning book series was first published in 1975 and was recently reprinted by Simon & Schuster.
Hardy Howl Films’ Hoodwinked was one of the most profitable animated films ever, the followup to the Sundance feature Chillicothe. Strega Nona will be next on the menu for the Hardy Howl team of writer/directors Todd Edwards, Timothy Hooten and writer/producer Katie Hooten.
Strega Nona—Grandma Witch—is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. Her magical ever-full pasta pot is especially intriguing to hungry Big Anthony, who is employed to look after her house and tend her garden. One day, when Strega Nona goes over the mountain to visit Strega Amelia, Big...
Hardy Howl Films’ Hoodwinked was one of the most profitable animated films ever, the followup to the Sundance feature Chillicothe. Strega Nona will be next on the menu for the Hardy Howl team of writer/directors Todd Edwards, Timothy Hooten and writer/producer Katie Hooten.
Strega Nona—Grandma Witch—is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. Her magical ever-full pasta pot is especially intriguing to hungry Big Anthony, who is employed to look after her house and tend her garden. One day, when Strega Nona goes over the mountain to visit Strega Amelia, Big...
- 12/13/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
To Mary Steenburgen, “reading is everything.”
Now, the Oscar-winning actress is sharing that love of reading with a new generation.
Steenburgen, 63, has partnered with the SAG-aftra Foundation’s children’s literacy website Storyline Online so that children around the world can be read to with just the click of a button.
“Reading is how I became an actor because I didn’t grow up in a house where there was an awareness of film or theater,” Steenburgen tells People. “I also grew up in a house full of teachers so reading was big in our world.”
“My family didn’t...
Now, the Oscar-winning actress is sharing that love of reading with a new generation.
Steenburgen, 63, has partnered with the SAG-aftra Foundation’s children’s literacy website Storyline Online so that children around the world can be read to with just the click of a button.
“Reading is how I became an actor because I didn’t grow up in a house where there was an awareness of film or theater,” Steenburgen tells People. “I also grew up in a house full of teachers so reading was big in our world.”
“My family didn’t...
- 12/15/2016
- by briannetracytimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
A Brooklyn-ite with a gaggle of pet penguins? Is this the next phase of hipsterdom? Hardly. Noah Baumbach and Ben Stiller are in talks to join 20th Century Fox's film adaption of Mr. Popper's Penguins. Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding, and most recently Greenberg, which stars Stiller) has never directed a children's film, but co-wrote Wes Anderson's 2009 adaptation of Fantastic Mr. Fox. (This gives him the edge he needs to be trusted with such a beloved and widely read children's book.) I'm assuming Stiller would play Mr. Popper, but will his penguins be live?...
- 4/2/2010
- by Emily Exton
- EW.com - PopWatch
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