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
Project comes from the co-director of box office hit Hoodwinked!.
UK sales and production outfit Gfm Animation, part of the Gfm Films Group, has boarded upcoming animated feature Spirits, which is inspired by Charles Dickens’ tale A Christmas Carol.
The project is from directors Todd Edwards and Timothy Hooten and producer Katie Hooten, who together run Us production outfit Hardy Howl Films. Edwards previously co-wrote and co-directed family animation Hoodwinked!, which grossed $110m globally in 2005.
Set in Dickensian London, Spirits follows Marley, a glum ghost with a chip on his shoulder. For seven years he has wandered the foggy streets...
UK sales and production outfit Gfm Animation, part of the Gfm Films Group, has boarded upcoming animated feature Spirits, which is inspired by Charles Dickens’ tale A Christmas Carol.
The project is from directors Todd Edwards and Timothy Hooten and producer Katie Hooten, who together run Us production outfit Hardy Howl Films. Edwards previously co-wrote and co-directed family animation Hoodwinked!, which grossed $110m globally in 2005.
Set in Dickensian London, Spirits follows Marley, a glum ghost with a chip on his shoulder. For seven years he has wandered the foggy streets...
- 2/7/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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