AppleTV+ has unveiled its kids’ and family summer slate, which features new Peanuts content coming to the streamer this summer alongside its returning series.
The new Peanuts content includes the third season of “The Snoopy Show,” which premieres on June 9, and “Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie,” a special that follows “endearing introvert Marcie as she helps her friends in her own unique way” which premieres on August 18.
In an expansion of its partnership with WildBrain, the tech giant will also debut two new original series in 2024: “Camp Snoopy,” featuring Snoopy and the Beagle Scouts along with Charlie Brown and friends as they enjoy an adventure-filled summer outdoors and “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin,” a special uncovering the origin story of one of Peanuts’ most beloved characters and how he ultimately makes friends with Charlie Brown and the gang.
Additional classic Peanuts titles from Mendelson/Melendez Productions and Peanuts Worldwide will...
The new Peanuts content includes the third season of “The Snoopy Show,” which premieres on June 9, and “Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie,” a special that follows “endearing introvert Marcie as she helps her friends in her own unique way” which premieres on August 18.
In an expansion of its partnership with WildBrain, the tech giant will also debut two new original series in 2024: “Camp Snoopy,” featuring Snoopy and the Beagle Scouts along with Charlie Brown and friends as they enjoy an adventure-filled summer outdoors and “Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin,” a special uncovering the origin story of one of Peanuts’ most beloved characters and how he ultimately makes friends with Charlie Brown and the gang.
Additional classic Peanuts titles from Mendelson/Melendez Productions and Peanuts Worldwide will...
- 5/18/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Ticket to Paradise, The White Lotus, The School for Good and Evil and The Good Nurse.
Ticket to Paradise premiere
Julia Roberts and George Clooney premiered their new rom-com on Monday in Westwood, alongside costars Kaitlyn Dever, Maxime Bouttier and Lucas Bravo.
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group Chairman Donna Langley, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Ol Parker and Tim Bevan Amal and George Clooney Maxime Bouttier and Kaitlyn Dever
The School for Good and Evil premiere
Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington and Michelle Yeoh walked the carpet on Tuesday for the premiere of their new Netflix fantasy flick, joined by the film’s young stars Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso, and costars Laurence Fishburne and Patti LuPone. Director Paul Feig said that he “loved the...
Ticket to Paradise premiere
Julia Roberts and George Clooney premiered their new rom-com on Monday in Westwood, alongside costars Kaitlyn Dever, Maxime Bouttier and Lucas Bravo.
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, Universal Filmed Entertainment Group Chairman Donna Langley, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Ol Parker and Tim Bevan Amal and George Clooney Maxime Bouttier and Kaitlyn Dever
The School for Good and Evil premiere
Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington and Michelle Yeoh walked the carpet on Tuesday for the premiere of their new Netflix fantasy flick, joined by the film’s young stars Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso, and costars Laurence Fishburne and Patti LuPone. Director Paul Feig said that he “loved the...
- 10/21/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated, 11:45 Am: Netflix has unveiled a new trailer for its YA fantasy pic The School for Good and Evil, directed by Paul Feig (Last Christmas), which is slated for a global release on the streamer on October 19.
The film is set in the village of Gavaldon, where two misfits and best friends, Sophie (Sophia Anne Caruso) and Agatha (Sofia Wylie), share the unlikeliest of bonds. Sophie, a golden-haired seamstress, dreams of escaping her dreary life to become a princess, while Agatha, with her grim aesthetic and offbeat mother, has the makings of a real witch. One night under a blood red moon, a powerful force sweeps them away to the School for Good and Evil — where the true stories behind every great fairy tale begin.
The School of Good and Evil is based on the internationally bestselling book series by Soman Chainani. Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Flatters, Kit Young,...
The film is set in the village of Gavaldon, where two misfits and best friends, Sophie (Sophia Anne Caruso) and Agatha (Sofia Wylie), share the unlikeliest of bonds. Sophie, a golden-haired seamstress, dreams of escaping her dreary life to become a princess, while Agatha, with her grim aesthetic and offbeat mother, has the makings of a real witch. One night under a blood red moon, a powerful force sweeps them away to the School for Good and Evil — where the true stories behind every great fairy tale begin.
The School of Good and Evil is based on the internationally bestselling book series by Soman Chainani. Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Flatters, Kit Young,...
- 10/12/2022
- by Justin Kroll and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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The new trailer for Netflix’s YA adaptation The School for Good and Evil sees best friends training to be future fairy tale heroes and villains in a magic-infused world.
But their intended fortunes are reversed when Sophie (Sophie Anne Caruso) is mistakenly dropped into the School for Evil, and Agatha (Sofia Wylie) wrongly lands in the School for Good. “If Sophie becomes evil, none of us survive,” Laurence Fishburne’s character says at one point as their world’s balance of good and evil is thrown off-kilter.
Agatha, meanwhile, pleads with a demonic Sophie, who no longer has princess ambitions. “I’m your best friend. Evil is controlling you!”
That lands Sophie and Agatha on opposing sides in an epic battle in the Netflix fantasy film directed by Paul Feig that also stars Kerry Washington, Charlize Theron, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Flatters, Kit Young,...
The new trailer for Netflix’s YA adaptation The School for Good and Evil sees best friends training to be future fairy tale heroes and villains in a magic-infused world.
But their intended fortunes are reversed when Sophie (Sophie Anne Caruso) is mistakenly dropped into the School for Evil, and Agatha (Sofia Wylie) wrongly lands in the School for Good. “If Sophie becomes evil, none of us survive,” Laurence Fishburne’s character says at one point as their world’s balance of good and evil is thrown off-kilter.
Agatha, meanwhile, pleads with a demonic Sophie, who no longer has princess ambitions. “I’m your best friend. Evil is controlling you!”
That lands Sophie and Agatha on opposing sides in an epic battle in the Netflix fantasy film directed by Paul Feig that also stars Kerry Washington, Charlize Theron, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Flatters, Kit Young,...
- 9/13/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Soman Chainani’s bestselling book series springs to life in Netflix’s The School for Good and Evil. The official trailer explains that this special academy trains heroes and villains, and is the origin of every great fairy tale story.
The huge ensemble cast features Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Patti LuPone, Sophia Anne Caruso, Sofia Wylie, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Flatters, Kit Young, and Peter Serafinowicz. Rob Delaney, Mark Heap, Rachel Bloom, Earl Cave, Demi Isaac Oviawe, Freya Parks, Kaitlyn Akinpelumi, Holly Sturton, Emma Lau, Briony Scarlett, and Ally Cubb also star.
Additional cast members include Rosie Graham, Joelle, Chinenye Ezeudu, Oliver Watson, Ali Khan, Myles Kamwendo and Misia Butler.
Sofia Wylie and Sophia Ann Caruso star as BFFs Agatha and Sophie who are given the opportunity to study at the magical school. Discussing the relationship between these two characters with Netflix’s Tudum, Wylie explained, “Both of the...
The huge ensemble cast features Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Patti LuPone, Sophia Anne Caruso, Sofia Wylie, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Flatters, Kit Young, and Peter Serafinowicz. Rob Delaney, Mark Heap, Rachel Bloom, Earl Cave, Demi Isaac Oviawe, Freya Parks, Kaitlyn Akinpelumi, Holly Sturton, Emma Lau, Briony Scarlett, and Ally Cubb also star.
Additional cast members include Rosie Graham, Joelle, Chinenye Ezeudu, Oliver Watson, Ali Khan, Myles Kamwendo and Misia Butler.
Sofia Wylie and Sophia Ann Caruso star as BFFs Agatha and Sophie who are given the opportunity to study at the magical school. Discussing the relationship between these two characters with Netflix’s Tudum, Wylie explained, “Both of the...
- 9/13/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Apple TV+ today announced its fall slate for kids and families, featuring original series, new imaginings of properties, as well as returning series.
New original series coming to platform this autumn include “Sago Mini Friends,” an animated series based on characters from the Sago Mini World app; “Slumberkins,” a mixed media puppet / 2D animation program from the children’s emotional learning brand and produced by The Jim Henson Company; “Circuit Breakers” a futuristic anthology series that tackles kid-relatable issues through a sci-fi lens; and “Interrupting Chicken,” an animated preschool series which illuminates the joy of reading, writing, and storytelling, and stars the voice talents three-time Emmy Award winner Sterling K. Brown.
Returning this fall is the Emmy Award-winning series “Ghostwriter,” with an entirely new cast; animated adventure epic “Wolfboy and the Everything Factory”; friendship and farming tale “Get Rolling with Otis”; and Jack McBrayer’s music-forward “Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show.
New original series coming to platform this autumn include “Sago Mini Friends,” an animated series based on characters from the Sago Mini World app; “Slumberkins,” a mixed media puppet / 2D animation program from the children’s emotional learning brand and produced by The Jim Henson Company; “Circuit Breakers” a futuristic anthology series that tackles kid-relatable issues through a sci-fi lens; and “Interrupting Chicken,” an animated preschool series which illuminates the joy of reading, writing, and storytelling, and stars the voice talents three-time Emmy Award winner Sterling K. Brown.
Returning this fall is the Emmy Award-winning series “Ghostwriter,” with an entirely new cast; animated adventure epic “Wolfboy and the Everything Factory”; friendship and farming tale “Get Rolling with Otis”; and Jack McBrayer’s music-forward “Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show.
- 8/29/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount Sets ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ and John Krasinski-Directed Ryan Reynolds Film ‘If’ for 2024
Paramount has announced a few updates to its release calendar, delaying upcoming projects like its “A Quiet Place” entry and the John Krasinski-directed “If” by a few months.
“A Quiet Place: Day One,” which had previously been untitled, will hit theaters on March 8, 2024. The Michael Sarnoski-directed horror film had been set to bow on Sept. 22, 2023.
Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller and John Krasinski serve as producers on the film, while Allyson Seeger serves as an executive producer. Plot details on the sequel remain under wraps, though the newly announced title suggests a prequel of sorts to the post-apocalyptic series.
The studio’s upcoming film “If,” directed by John Krasinski and starring Ryan Reynolds. The production has set a new release date of May 24, 2024, after previously being set for Nov. 17, 2023. Krasinski also stars in the film, while the supporting cast includes names such as Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Cailey Fleming,...
“A Quiet Place: Day One,” which had previously been untitled, will hit theaters on March 8, 2024. The Michael Sarnoski-directed horror film had been set to bow on Sept. 22, 2023.
Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller and John Krasinski serve as producers on the film, while Allyson Seeger serves as an executive producer. Plot details on the sequel remain under wraps, though the newly announced title suggests a prequel of sorts to the post-apocalyptic series.
The studio’s upcoming film “If,” directed by John Krasinski and starring Ryan Reynolds. The production has set a new release date of May 24, 2024, after previously being set for Nov. 17, 2023. Krasinski also stars in the film, while the supporting cast includes names such as Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Cailey Fleming,...
- 7/20/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Cate Blanchett has joined the cast of Netflix’s fantasy film “The School for Good and Evil,” alongside stars Kerry Washington, Charlize Theron and Michelle Yeoh, filmmaker Paul Feig said during a conversation at the 6th Annual Women in Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles.
“And actually, we just got Cate Blanchett as now the narrator, so we’re very excited about that,” Feig let slip during the fireside chat, as he listed out the star-studded female-led ensemble. “It hasn’t actually been announced yet — it’s out there.”
The Netflix Original, based on Soman Chainani’s bestselling book series, follows the relationship between two best friends, Sophie (Sophia Anne Caruso) and Agatha (Sofia Wylie) as they are swept into a fairy tale-like world. However, the girls are soon separated, as Sophie is placed under Lady Lesso’s (Theron) tutelage in the School for Evil, while Agatha is taken in by...
“And actually, we just got Cate Blanchett as now the narrator, so we’re very excited about that,” Feig let slip during the fireside chat, as he listed out the star-studded female-led ensemble. “It hasn’t actually been announced yet — it’s out there.”
The Netflix Original, based on Soman Chainani’s bestselling book series, follows the relationship between two best friends, Sophie (Sophia Anne Caruso) and Agatha (Sofia Wylie) as they are swept into a fairy tale-like world. However, the girls are soon separated, as Sophie is placed under Lady Lesso’s (Theron) tutelage in the School for Evil, while Agatha is taken in by...
- 6/22/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Bibbidi Bobbidi… Shoes?
As part of Disney+ Day, which marks the second anniversary of the streaming platform, Disney+ dropped the first trailer (above) for the new musical Sneakerella (premiering Friday, Feb. 18), which merges Cinderella with both hip-hop and sneaker culture and stars Chosen Jacobs (Castle Rock) and Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere).
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Set in “the avant-garde street-sneaker subculture of New York City,” Sneakerella stars Jacobs as El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens who works as a stock...
As part of Disney+ Day, which marks the second anniversary of the streaming platform, Disney+ dropped the first trailer (above) for the new musical Sneakerella (premiering Friday, Feb. 18), which merges Cinderella with both hip-hop and sneaker culture and stars Chosen Jacobs (Castle Rock) and Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere).
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Set in “the avant-garde street-sneaker subculture of New York City,” Sneakerella stars Jacobs as El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens who works as a stock...
- 11/12/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Netflix announced that a new Michael Che stand-up special will premiere globally Nov. 16. The special is titled “Michael Che: Shame the Devil.”
This special follows his 2016 Netflix special “Michael Che Matters” in which the comedian discussed topics ranging from Black Lives Matter to gentrification. “Michael Che: Shame the Devil” is directed by Kristian Mercado and produced by Irony Point.
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
Dates
HBO Max announced that the new drama series “Station Eleven” will debut Dec. 16. Based on the book by Emily St. John Mandel, the series is a post-apocalyptic saga that tells the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild the world. “Station Eleven” stars Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Daniel Zovatto, David Wilmot, Matilda Lawler, Philippine Velge, Nabhaan Rizwan and Lori Petty, with Gael Garcìa Bernal and Danielle Deadwyler recurring. Patrick Somerville, Scott Steindorff, Scott Dalman, Dylan Russell, Jessica Rhoades,...
This special follows his 2016 Netflix special “Michael Che Matters” in which the comedian discussed topics ranging from Black Lives Matter to gentrification. “Michael Che: Shame the Devil” is directed by Kristian Mercado and produced by Irony Point.
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
Dates
HBO Max announced that the new drama series “Station Eleven” will debut Dec. 16. Based on the book by Emily St. John Mandel, the series is a post-apocalyptic saga that tells the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild the world. “Station Eleven” stars Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Daniel Zovatto, David Wilmot, Matilda Lawler, Philippine Velge, Nabhaan Rizwan and Lori Petty, with Gael Garcìa Bernal and Danielle Deadwyler recurring. Patrick Somerville, Scott Steindorff, Scott Dalman, Dylan Russell, Jessica Rhoades,...
- 11/2/2021
- by Katie Song
- Variety Film + TV
Rucker Moses and Theo Gangi’s recently released acclaimed middle-grade book series Kingston and the Magician’s Lost & Found and its sequel Kingston and the Echoes of Magic are headed for the small screen.
Disney Branded Television has optioned rights to the book series for television. An original movie based on the first book is currently in development with Jane Startz executive producing. The book’s authors, Craig S. Phillips, Harold Hayes Jr. and Gangi, will serve as co-executive producers.
In Kingston and the Magician’s Lost & Found, Kingston has just moved from the suburbs back to Echo City, Brooklyn—the last place his father was seen alive. Kingston’s father was one of the world’s greatest magicians until one trick went wrong, and he disappeared, somehow taking all of Echo City’s magic with him. When Kingston finds a...
Disney Branded Television has optioned rights to the book series for television. An original movie based on the first book is currently in development with Jane Startz executive producing. The book’s authors, Craig S. Phillips, Harold Hayes Jr. and Gangi, will serve as co-executive producers.
In Kingston and the Magician’s Lost & Found, Kingston has just moved from the suburbs back to Echo City, Brooklyn—the last place his father was seen alive. Kingston’s father was one of the world’s greatest magicians until one trick went wrong, and he disappeared, somehow taking all of Echo City’s magic with him. When Kingston finds a...
- 11/2/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV Plus announced its fall lineup of series for kids and families, kicking off with Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s animated series “Wolfboy and the Everything Factory,” premiering on Sept. 24, and also including “Get Rolling With Otis,” which launches Oct. 8 and “Puppy Place” on Oct. 15.
The adventure series, created by Toff Mazery and Edward Jesse and executive produced by Gordon-Levitt, HitRecord, Bento Box Entertainment and Michael Ryan, is a 10-episode animated epic that follows oddball dreamer Wolfboy (voiced by Kassian Akhtar) as he discovers a strange realm at the center of the Earth, where fantastical beings called Sprytes create things for the natural world above.
“Get Rolling With Otis” follows the adventures of a friendly tractor. Based on the popular Penguin Random House books, the animated series is produced by 9 Story Media Group and Brown Bag Media Films and executive produced by Vince Commisso, Wendy Harris, author Loren Long, Darragh O’Connell,...
The adventure series, created by Toff Mazery and Edward Jesse and executive produced by Gordon-Levitt, HitRecord, Bento Box Entertainment and Michael Ryan, is a 10-episode animated epic that follows oddball dreamer Wolfboy (voiced by Kassian Akhtar) as he discovers a strange realm at the center of the Earth, where fantastical beings called Sprytes create things for the natural world above.
“Get Rolling With Otis” follows the adventures of a friendly tractor. Based on the popular Penguin Random House books, the animated series is produced by 9 Story Media Group and Brown Bag Media Films and executive produced by Vince Commisso, Wendy Harris, author Loren Long, Darragh O’Connell,...
- 9/8/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Laurence Fishburne will play The Schoolmaster and Michelle Yeoh Professor Anemone in The School For Good And Evil, joining Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso in the Paul Feig-directed pic for Netflix.
Finding Neverland scribe David Magee and Feig adapted the bestselling book by Soman Chainani. Roth Kirschenbaum’s Joe Roth and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum are producing with Jane Startz and Feigco’s Paul Feig and Laura Fischer. Stephen Jones, Zack Roth, Patricia Riggen, and Soman Chainani are exec producers.
Chainani’s debut novel was an instant bestseller and is the first of six in a series. Best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where fairy tale legacies go to school: the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. With her princess ambitions, Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the...
Finding Neverland scribe David Magee and Feig adapted the bestselling book by Soman Chainani. Roth Kirschenbaum’s Joe Roth and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum are producing with Jane Startz and Feigco’s Paul Feig and Laura Fischer. Stephen Jones, Zack Roth, Patricia Riggen, and Soman Chainani are exec producers.
Chainani’s debut novel was an instant bestseller and is the first of six in a series. Best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where fairy tale legacies go to school: the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. With her princess ambitions, Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the...
- 3/12/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Kerry Washington and Charlize Theron have joined the cast of The School For Good And Evil, the Paul Feig-directed adaptation of the fantasy YA novel from Soman Chainani. The powerhouse duo join Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso who had already been set to topline the pic.
Feig made the announcement Friday on Twitter Theron is set to play Lady Lesso and Washington will portray Professor Dovey in the pic, which was adapted by screenwriters David Magee and Laura Solon.
The plot of the bestselling six-book series centers on best friends Sophie and Agatha, who discover where fairytale legacies go to school: the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. With her princess ambitions, Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella and Snow White.
Feig made the announcement Friday on Twitter Theron is set to play Lady Lesso and Washington will portray Professor Dovey in the pic, which was adapted by screenwriters David Magee and Laura Solon.
The plot of the bestselling six-book series centers on best friends Sophie and Agatha, who discover where fairytale legacies go to school: the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. With her princess ambitions, Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella and Snow White.
- 2/19/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington have joined the cast of Paul Feig’s upcoming film for Netflix, “The School for Good and Evil.”
The “Bridesmaids” director made the announcement on Twitter Friday. The movie is slated to debut on Netflix in 2022.
Feig’s “The School For Good and Evil” is based on Soman Chainani’s best-selling novel of the same name. David Magee and Laura Solon are adapting the screenplay.
“The School for Good and Evil” will follow best friends Sophie and Agatha, who are about to discover where fairy tale legacies go to school: The School for Good and Evil. Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the School of Good and join alums like Cinderella and Snow White, while Agatha knows she’s fit for the Evil School. However, when their fortunes are reversed, their friendship is put to the test and the girls discover who they really are.
The “Bridesmaids” director made the announcement on Twitter Friday. The movie is slated to debut on Netflix in 2022.
Feig’s “The School For Good and Evil” is based on Soman Chainani’s best-selling novel of the same name. David Magee and Laura Solon are adapting the screenplay.
“The School for Good and Evil” will follow best friends Sophie and Agatha, who are about to discover where fairy tale legacies go to school: The School for Good and Evil. Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the School of Good and join alums like Cinderella and Snow White, while Agatha knows she’s fit for the Evil School. However, when their fortunes are reversed, their friendship is put to the test and the girls discover who they really are.
- 2/19/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Sofia Wylie and Sophia Anne Caruso (The Sound of Music Live!) are set to star in The School For Good And Evil, the Paul Feig-directed feature adaptation of New York Times bestselling novel by Soman Chainani.
The Netflix fiilm follows best friends Sophie and Agatha who discover where fairytale legacies go to school: the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. With her princess ambitions, Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her grim aesthetic and wicked cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil. Yet soon the girls find their fortunes reversed: Sophie is dropped into the School for Evil, Agatha into the School for Good.
The Netflix fiilm follows best friends Sophie and Agatha who discover where fairytale legacies go to school: the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. With her princess ambitions, Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her grim aesthetic and wicked cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil. Yet soon the girls find their fortunes reversed: Sophie is dropped into the School for Evil, Agatha into the School for Good.
- 12/21/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Chosen Jacobs (It) and Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere) will star alongside four-time NBA Champion John Salley in the new Disney+ original movie, Sneakerella. Now in production, the pop/hip-hop musical is said to leave a sneaker culture imprint on the Cinderella fairy tale. Jane Startz (Ella Enchanted) and Rachel Watanabe-Batton (I Pity the Fool) serve as […]
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- 10/22/2020
- by Jess Salafia Ward
- Cinelinx
Chosen Jacobs (“It”) and Lexi Underwood (“Little Fires Everywhere”) are starring alongside four-time NBA champion John Salley in the Disney Plus original film “Sneakerella,” which is now in production.
The pop/hip-hop musical aims to leave a sneaker culture imprint on the “Cinderella” fairy tale. Set in the avant-garde street-sneaker subculture of New York City, the film introduces an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens who works as a stock boy in a shoe store. Forced to hide his artistic talent from his overburdened stepfather and two mean-spirited stepbrothers, his luck changes when he meets the fiercely independent daughter of a legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon. Salley plays the tycoon.
Jane Startz (“Ella Enchanted”) and Rachel Watanabe-Batton (“I Pity the Fool”) serve as executive producers, with co-executive producer Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (“Ramona and Beezus”), who will also direct the film.
“‘Sneakerella’ brings a vibrant, modern approach to a beloved story...
The pop/hip-hop musical aims to leave a sneaker culture imprint on the “Cinderella” fairy tale. Set in the avant-garde street-sneaker subculture of New York City, the film introduces an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens who works as a stock boy in a shoe store. Forced to hide his artistic talent from his overburdened stepfather and two mean-spirited stepbrothers, his luck changes when he meets the fiercely independent daughter of a legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon. Salley plays the tycoon.
Jane Startz (“Ella Enchanted”) and Rachel Watanabe-Batton (“I Pity the Fool”) serve as executive producers, with co-executive producer Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (“Ramona and Beezus”), who will also direct the film.
“‘Sneakerella’ brings a vibrant, modern approach to a beloved story...
- 10/22/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Disney+ will merge Cinderella with both hip-hop and sneaker culture in Sneakeralla, a movie musical starring Chosen Jacobs (Castle Rock) and Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere).
Set in “the avant-garde street-sneaker subculture of New York City” and now in production (with an eye on a 2021 release), Sneakerella stars Jacobs as El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens who works as a stock boy in the shoe store that once belonged to his late mother.
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Set in “the avant-garde street-sneaker subculture of New York City” and now in production (with an eye on a 2021 release), Sneakerella stars Jacobs as El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens who works as a stock boy in the shoe store that once belonged to his late mother.
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- 10/21/2020
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Chosen Jacobs (It) and Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere) are set to star alongside four-time NBA champ John Salley in the upcoming Disney+ original movie Sneakerella. Production is underway for premiere next year.
Described as a pop/hip-hop musical that leaves a sneaker culture imprint on the Cinderella fairy tale, Sneakerella is set in the avant-garde street-sneaker subculture of New York City. It introduces El (Jacobs), an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens who works as a stock boy in the shoe store that once belonged to his late mother. El hides his artistic talent from his overburdened stepfather and two mean-spirited stepbrothers who constantly stomp on any opportunity that comes his way. When El meets Kira King (Underwood), the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King (Salley), sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity for sneakers. With a little nudge from his...
Described as a pop/hip-hop musical that leaves a sneaker culture imprint on the Cinderella fairy tale, Sneakerella is set in the avant-garde street-sneaker subculture of New York City. It introduces El (Jacobs), an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens who works as a stock boy in the shoe store that once belonged to his late mother. El hides his artistic talent from his overburdened stepfather and two mean-spirited stepbrothers who constantly stomp on any opportunity that comes his way. When El meets Kira King (Underwood), the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King (Salley), sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity for sneakers. With a little nudge from his...
- 10/21/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Henry Golding, a breakout from Crazy Rich Asians, has been tapped to play the lead role in The Tiger's Apprentice, the adaptation of the best-selling children's book from Paramount Animation.
The move puts Paramount back in the Golding business and can be seen as an affirmation of Snake Eyes, the studio's relaunch of the G.I. Joe franchise that sees the actor topline the upcoming spinoff.
Carlos Baena, a Pixar animator who worked on Wall-e and Toy Story 3, is making his feature directing debut with Apprentice. Sandra Rabins and Jane Startz are producing. Raman Hui and Kane Lee are exec producing.
The book,...
The move puts Paramount back in the Golding business and can be seen as an affirmation of Snake Eyes, the studio's relaunch of the G.I. Joe franchise that sees the actor topline the upcoming spinoff.
Carlos Baena, a Pixar animator who worked on Wall-e and Toy Story 3, is making his feature directing debut with Apprentice. Sandra Rabins and Jane Startz are producing. Raman Hui and Kane Lee are exec producing.
The book,...
- 7/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Henry Golding, a breakout from Crazy Rich Asians, has been tapped to play the lead role in The Tiger's Apprentice, the adaptation of the best-selling children's book from Paramount Animation.
The move puts Paramount back in the Golding business and can be seen as an affirmation of Snake Eyes, the studio's relaunch of the G.I. Joe franchise that sees the actor topline the upcoming spinoff.
Carlos Baena, a Pixar animator who worked on Wall-e and Toy Story 3, is making his feature directing debut with Apprentice. Sandra Rabins and Jane Startz are producing. Raman Hui and Kane Lee are exec producing.
The book,...
The move puts Paramount back in the Golding business and can be seen as an affirmation of Snake Eyes, the studio's relaunch of the G.I. Joe franchise that sees the actor topline the upcoming spinoff.
Carlos Baena, a Pixar animator who worked on Wall-e and Toy Story 3, is making his feature directing debut with Apprentice. Sandra Rabins and Jane Startz are producing. Raman Hui and Kane Lee are exec producing.
The book,...
- 7/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘A Simple Favour’ helmer Paul Feig has signed up to direct Netflix’s young adult fantasy fairy-tale ‘The School for Good and Evil’.
The film is based on the novel by Soman Chainani and follows best friends Sophie and Agatha who are students at the titular School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy-tale heroes and villains.
With her princess ambitions, Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella and Snow White. Agatha, with her grim aesthetic and wicked cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil.
When the girls find their fortunes reversed, with Sophie dropped into the School for Evil and Agatha into the School for Good, their friendship will be put to the test.
David Magee and Laura Solon have penned the script.
The film is based on the novel by Soman Chainani and follows best friends Sophie and Agatha who are students at the titular School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy-tale heroes and villains.
With her princess ambitions, Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella and Snow White. Agatha, with her grim aesthetic and wicked cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil.
When the girls find their fortunes reversed, with Sophie dropped into the School for Evil and Agatha into the School for Good, their friendship will be put to the test.
David Magee and Laura Solon have penned the script.
- 5/29/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Paul Feig has signed on to direct The School For Good And Evil, a Netflix film adaptation of Soman Chainani’s New York Times bestselling debut novel and the first of six in The School for Good and Evil series.
David Magee and Laura Solon are adapting the screenplay which follows best friends Sophie and Agatha who uncover where fairytale legacies go to school: the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains.
Sophie, with her princess ambitions, knows she’ll be picked for the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her grim aesthetic and wicked cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil. Yet soon the girls find their...
David Magee and Laura Solon are adapting the screenplay which follows best friends Sophie and Agatha who uncover where fairytale legacies go to school: the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains.
Sophie, with her princess ambitions, knows she’ll be picked for the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her grim aesthetic and wicked cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil. Yet soon the girls find their...
- 5/28/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Paul Feig will direct Netflix’s adaptation of “The School for Good and Evil,” based on Soman Chainani’s best-selling novel of the same name, the streamer announced Thursday.
David Magee and Laura Solon are adapting the screenplay. Joe Roth, Jeffrey Kirschenbaum, Jane Startz and Feigco’s Feig and Laura Fischer will produce. Executive producers are Zack Roth, Patricia Riggen and Chainani.
“The School for Good and Evil” will follow best friends Sophie and Agatha, who are about to discover where fairytale legacies go to school: The School for Good and Evil. Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the School of Good and join alums like Cinderella and Snow White, while Agatha knows she’s fit for the Evil School. However, when their fortunes are reversed, their friendship is put to the test and the girls discover who they really are.
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David Magee and Laura Solon are adapting the screenplay. Joe Roth, Jeffrey Kirschenbaum, Jane Startz and Feigco’s Feig and Laura Fischer will produce. Executive producers are Zack Roth, Patricia Riggen and Chainani.
“The School for Good and Evil” will follow best friends Sophie and Agatha, who are about to discover where fairytale legacies go to school: The School for Good and Evil. Sophie knows she’ll be picked for the School of Good and join alums like Cinderella and Snow White, while Agatha knows she’s fit for the Evil School. However, when their fortunes are reversed, their friendship is put to the test and the girls discover who they really are.
Also Read: Paul Feig Still Thinks the Female-Lead...
- 5/28/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Paul Feig will adapt Soman Chainani’s fairytale fantasy novel “The School For Good and Evil” for Netflix.
Feig, whose credits include “Bridesmaids,” “Ghostbusters” and “A Simple Favor,” will direct from a script by David Magee (“Life of Pi”) and Laura Solon.
“The School For Good and Evil” was published in 2013 as Chainani’s first novel and the first of a six-book series. The series has sold over 2.5 million copies, has been translated into 30 languages. The final book in the series, “The School of Good and Evil: One True King,” will be released by HarperCollins on June 2.
The book follows the adventures of best friends Sophie and Agatha at the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. Sophie has princess aspirations and expects to be picked for the School for Good and Agatha seems a natural fit for...
Feig, whose credits include “Bridesmaids,” “Ghostbusters” and “A Simple Favor,” will direct from a script by David Magee (“Life of Pi”) and Laura Solon.
“The School For Good and Evil” was published in 2013 as Chainani’s first novel and the first of a six-book series. The series has sold over 2.5 million copies, has been translated into 30 languages. The final book in the series, “The School of Good and Evil: One True King,” will be released by HarperCollins on June 2.
The book follows the adventures of best friends Sophie and Agatha at the School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. Sophie has princess aspirations and expects to be picked for the School for Good and Agatha seems a natural fit for...
- 5/28/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Lifetime has begun production on four new movies based on V.C. Andrews’ Casteel Family book series, all for premiere on the cable network this year. They are among 75 films planned on the network for 2019 as part of an ambitious slate.
Last summer, under new A+E Networks CEO Paul Buccieri, Lifetime made a change in its programming strategy, putting emphasis back on original movies and using them as backdoor pilots over traditional series development.
Lifetime announced last year it was developing five films based on Andrews’ last known book series, about the twisted relationships of the Casteel Family. The first, Heaven, was filmed last year, and you can watch the first-look trailer above. The remaining four are Dark Angel, Fallen Hearts, Gates of Paradise and Web of Dreams. The movie event series follows Heaven Casteel and her siblings after their father devises a scheme that threatens to destroy their...
Last summer, under new A+E Networks CEO Paul Buccieri, Lifetime made a change in its programming strategy, putting emphasis back on original movies and using them as backdoor pilots over traditional series development.
Lifetime announced last year it was developing five films based on Andrews’ last known book series, about the twisted relationships of the Casteel Family. The first, Heaven, was filmed last year, and you can watch the first-look trailer above. The remaining four are Dark Angel, Fallen Hearts, Gates of Paradise and Web of Dreams. The movie event series follows Heaven Casteel and her siblings after their father devises a scheme that threatens to destroy their...
- 2/7/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Genius Brands has secured a $6 million bank facility to help fund a second season of its Netflix preschool show Llama Llama, which features the voice of Jennifer Garner in the lead role of Mama Llama.
Bank Leumi USA stepped up with the funding for Genius, a brand management company whose properties also include the Nick Jr. animated series Rainbow Rangers, which will premiere in November.
The new production facility matures in March 2021. It follows a previous facility of $5.2 million for the first season of Llama Llama, which premiered last January. The show is based on the bestselling book franchise by Anna Dewdney.
Season 2 of Llama Llama is produced by Jane Startz, Andy Heyward and Reed Duncan. Joe Purdy serves as the head writer and legendary Disney alum Ruben Aquino, who worked on animated features such as Frozen, The Lion King and Aladdin, is the art director for the series.
Bank Leumi USA stepped up with the funding for Genius, a brand management company whose properties also include the Nick Jr. animated series Rainbow Rangers, which will premiere in November.
The new production facility matures in March 2021. It follows a previous facility of $5.2 million for the first season of Llama Llama, which premiered last January. The show is based on the bestselling book franchise by Anna Dewdney.
Season 2 of Llama Llama is produced by Jane Startz, Andy Heyward and Reed Duncan. Joe Purdy serves as the head writer and legendary Disney alum Ruben Aquino, who worked on animated features such as Frozen, The Lion King and Aladdin, is the art director for the series.
- 10/1/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Lifetime has unveiled a big expansion of its original movie lineup for next year. As part of the push the A+E Networks cabler has set new franchises with ABC News’ Robin Roberts and megachurch leader Bishop T.D. Jakes.
Lifetime plans to produce or acquire some 75 movies next year, a significant increase from 2018. The cabler has signed a wide-ranging production deal with “Good Morning America” anchor Roberts to produce movies and feature-length documentaries under the “Robin Roberts Presents” banner.
Also in the works for Lifetime is a five-movie series based on the novels of V.C. Andrews, starting next year with “V.C. Andrews’ Heaven.”
Roberts will focus on projects based on true events with an inspirational or educational focus. The first project under the deal will be a drama based on the life of famed gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. Roberts and Linda Berman of ABC’s Lincoln Square Productions...
Lifetime plans to produce or acquire some 75 movies next year, a significant increase from 2018. The cabler has signed a wide-ranging production deal with “Good Morning America” anchor Roberts to produce movies and feature-length documentaries under the “Robin Roberts Presents” banner.
Also in the works for Lifetime is a five-movie series based on the novels of V.C. Andrews, starting next year with “V.C. Andrews’ Heaven.”
Roberts will focus on projects based on true events with an inspirational or educational focus. The first project under the deal will be a drama based on the life of famed gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. Roberts and Linda Berman of ABC’s Lincoln Square Productions...
- 7/26/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has ordered a second season of Llama Llama, its animated series from Genius Brands International. Jennifer Garner leads the voice cast of the preschooler toon, which premiered in January in 20 countries.
Based on the book series by author and illustrator Anna Dewdney, Llama Llama is about first childhood experiences and adventures as well as the special connections between Llama (Shayle Simons), his Mama (Garner) and his grandparents. It tells stories of life in a safe, friendly town seen through the eyes of Llama as he interacts with the amazing world around him.
Netflix and Genius Brands today also unveiled a pair of 30-minute Llama Llama specials, including one for Mother’s Day.
“I love Anna Dewdney’s award-winning, joyful Llama Llama books and am proud to voice Mama Llama on this very special series for Netflix,” Garner said. “And now — great news! — Mama Llama and Llama Llama will be back for a second season!
Based on the book series by author and illustrator Anna Dewdney, Llama Llama is about first childhood experiences and adventures as well as the special connections between Llama (Shayle Simons), his Mama (Garner) and his grandparents. It tells stories of life in a safe, friendly town seen through the eyes of Llama as he interacts with the amazing world around him.
Netflix and Genius Brands today also unveiled a pair of 30-minute Llama Llama specials, including one for Mother’s Day.
“I love Anna Dewdney’s award-winning, joyful Llama Llama books and am proud to voice Mama Llama on this very special series for Netflix,” Garner said. “And now — great news! — Mama Llama and Llama Llama will be back for a second season!
- 6/19/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The recently launched studio plans a 2019 release for their first animated feature.
Cirrina Studios, the recently launched entertainment finance, development and production company has announced its first animated feature film The Extincts.
Based on British writer Veronica Cossanteli’s novel of the same name, The Extincts centres on George Drake, a boy who goes to work on a farm hidden deep in the woods where he discovers a hidden cache of extinct and mythological creatures, one of which escapes and terrorizes the town in which he lives.
The novel is published by Chicken House/Scholastic in the UK and in the United States by Henry Holt and worldwide in translation.
William “Bill” Joyce is set to direct the film, while David Lipman, president of production at Cirrina Studios, will write the adaptation.
The film will be the first Cirrina Studios feature to start production at Dwarf Animation Studio in Montpellier, France.
Lipman...
Cirrina Studios, the recently launched entertainment finance, development and production company has announced its first animated feature film The Extincts.
Based on British writer Veronica Cossanteli’s novel of the same name, The Extincts centres on George Drake, a boy who goes to work on a farm hidden deep in the woods where he discovers a hidden cache of extinct and mythological creatures, one of which escapes and terrorizes the town in which he lives.
The novel is published by Chicken House/Scholastic in the UK and in the United States by Henry Holt and worldwide in translation.
William “Bill” Joyce is set to direct the film, while David Lipman, president of production at Cirrina Studios, will write the adaptation.
The film will be the first Cirrina Studios feature to start production at Dwarf Animation Studio in Montpellier, France.
Lipman...
- 5/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
An animated adaptation of British writer Veronica Cossanteli's popular middle grade novel The Extincts is in the works at the recently launched entertainment finance, development and production company Cirrina Studios.
David Lipman (producer of Shrek 2) will adapt the project for the big screen, with Oscar-winning filmmaker and author/illustrator William “Bill” Joyce helming. Lipman will also produce with Michael Siegel. Jane Startz and Barry Cunningham will executive produce alongside Jim Pesoli and Karine Martin of Cirrina Studios.
The Extincts follows the madcap adventures of George Drake, a boy who goes to work on a farm hidden deep in the woods...
David Lipman (producer of Shrek 2) will adapt the project for the big screen, with Oscar-winning filmmaker and author/illustrator William “Bill” Joyce helming. Lipman will also produce with Michael Siegel. Jane Startz and Barry Cunningham will executive produce alongside Jim Pesoli and Karine Martin of Cirrina Studios.
The Extincts follows the madcap adventures of George Drake, a boy who goes to work on a farm hidden deep in the woods...
- 5/24/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
She’s played a sexy double agent. She’s played a comic-book assassin. And now, in her most transformative role to date, Jennifer Garner will play… a llama.
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Garner will voice Mama Llama in the new animated series Llama Llama, Netflix announced Wednesday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. Based on the best-selling book series by Anna Dewdney, the show will follow the adventures of its titular character as he learns and grows alongside his closest friends — and, of course, his mother, with whom he shares a “warm and loving bond.
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Garner will voice Mama Llama in the new animated series Llama Llama, Netflix announced Wednesday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. Based on the best-selling book series by Anna Dewdney, the show will follow the adventures of its titular character as he learns and grows alongside his closest friends — and, of course, his mother, with whom he shares a “warm and loving bond.
- 7/27/2016
- TVLine.com
Update: Universal will make the film version of "The School of Good and Evil" with Joe Roth producing. Roth is behind Oz the Great and Powerful and Snow White and the Huntsman. The story is about kids who are kidnapped from their homes and trained to be fairy tale princesses, heroes, or villains. It follows beautiful Sophie, who is dropped into the School of Evil, and her unattractive friend Agatha who is dropped into the School of Good and their unexpected reversal of fortune.
Sept. 28, 2011 - Do you lack an awareness of boundaries? Perhaps you'd make a good Goldilocks. Love bacon? You could be the Big Bad Wolf. Are taller than most of your friends? You're a Snow White."The School for Good and Evil" book series is about regular kids who are recruited and taught how to be fairy tale heroes, damsels in distress and villains. HarperCollins will publish...
Sept. 28, 2011 - Do you lack an awareness of boundaries? Perhaps you'd make a good Goldilocks. Love bacon? You could be the Big Bad Wolf. Are taller than most of your friends? You're a Snow White."The School for Good and Evil" book series is about regular kids who are recruited and taught how to be fairy tale heroes, damsels in distress and villains. HarperCollins will publish...
- 5/24/2013
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
As we told you exactly a week ago, Roth Films teamed up with Jane Startz Productions to acquire film rights to Soman Chainani's fantasy novel The School for Good and Evil, and now they have a studio involved.
Per Deadline, following a spirited auction, Universal Pictures won the property in a seven-figure deal for book and scriptwriting fees. It's an easy fit for Roth and his top exec Palak Patel, both of whom will produce with Jane Startz. Roth and Patel produced Snow White and The Huntsman at Universal, and have a sequel in the works. They are also working with the studio on Daughter of Smoke & Bone, an adaptation of Laini Taylor’s novel that also has franchise potential.
Chainani and Hook scribe Malia Scotch Marmo are attached to write the screenplay. Coincidentally, Scotch Marmo was one of Chainani’s professors when she was in college.
The School...
Per Deadline, following a spirited auction, Universal Pictures won the property in a seven-figure deal for book and scriptwriting fees. It's an easy fit for Roth and his top exec Palak Patel, both of whom will produce with Jane Startz. Roth and Patel produced Snow White and The Huntsman at Universal, and have a sequel in the works. They are also working with the studio on Daughter of Smoke & Bone, an adaptation of Laini Taylor’s novel that also has franchise potential.
Chainani and Hook scribe Malia Scotch Marmo are attached to write the screenplay. Coincidentally, Scotch Marmo was one of Chainani’s professors when she was in college.
The School...
- 5/23/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Universal Pictures has acquired the feature rights to The School for Good and Evil, a package to adapt the new book trilogy by author Soman Chainani. Joe Roth and Palek Patel are producing the film along with Jane Startz. Chainani is attached to write the screenplay with Malia Scotch-Marmo (Hook). Good and Evil follows the story of best friends Agatha and Sophie who are selected to attend The School for Good and Evil, where they will be trained as either fairy tale villains or heroes. Photos: Teenage Dreams: 17 of the Most Popular Ya Properties Adapted for TV and
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- 5/23/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Having struck box office gold with Alice In Wonderland and this year’s Oz The Great And Powerful, Joe Roth and his production company have naturally been on the hunt for more fantasy fodder to sprinkle with filmic fairy dust. Last week, he partnered with Jane Startz Production to buy up the rights to Soman Chainani’s upcoming trilogy The School For Good And Evil, and Universal has won the bidding battle to produce the first film.Chainani’s trilogy – well, it will be once all three novels are out, but the first only just arrived on Us bookshelves and hits here on June 6 – is about ordinary boys and girls kidnapped from their homes and carted off to the titular learning establishment, a split personality teaching system where they are ether taught to be heroes or villains.Our heroine for this Harry Potter-esque tale is Sophie, a beautiful girl who...
- 5/23/2013
- EmpireOnline
Exclusive: Boy, does Joe Roth have the hot hand when it comes to irreverent fairy tale fare. Deadline revealed last Thursday that the Oz The Great And Powerful producer had partnered with Jane Startz Production to acquire movie rights to The School For Good And Evil. After a spirited auction, Universal Pictures won the property in a seven-figure deal for book and scriptwriting fees. It’s the first title in a novel trilogy by Soman Chainani that will be published in the U.S. by HarperCollins on May 14 and in the U.K. on June 6. The trilogy tells the story of ordinary boys and girls who are kidnapped from their homes and sent to The School for Good and Evil, where they are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains, princesses and witches. The protagonist is Sophie, a beauty who is dumped into the School for Evil while her...
- 5/23/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Producer Joe Roth (Oz the Great and Powerful) and Jane Startz have acquired the rights to an upcoming supernatural fantasy novel trilogy called The School for Good and Evil. They've hired Hook screenwriter Malia Scotch Marmo to co-write the film with the book's author Soman Chainani.
The book will be published by HarperCollins on May 14th, and it sounds like a fun story. It centers on an ordinary group of "boys and girls who are kidnapped from their homes and sent to The School for Good and Evil, where they are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains, princesses and witches." I can actually see this making for a great movie.
Here's a trailer for the book and an official description with more details:
At the School for Good and Evil, failing your fairy tale is not an option.
Welcome to the School for Good and Evil, where best...
The book will be published by HarperCollins on May 14th, and it sounds like a fun story. It centers on an ordinary group of "boys and girls who are kidnapped from their homes and sent to The School for Good and Evil, where they are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains, princesses and witches." I can actually see this making for a great movie.
Here's a trailer for the book and an official description with more details:
At the School for Good and Evil, failing your fairy tale is not an option.
Welcome to the School for Good and Evil, where best...
- 5/17/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Actress Zoe Saldana, along with producers Jane Startz and Aida Bernal, have optioned the film rights to Joy Castro‘s debut novel mystery thriller "Hell Or High Water".
The story follows New Orleans reporter Nola Céspedes as she is dragged into the city’s post-Katrina underworld on the trail of what she thinks will be her big scoop.
The trio are presently determining if the property is better adapted as a feature or TV series. If it goes forward, it's unsure if Saldana will also be involved on screen.
Source: Deadline...
The story follows New Orleans reporter Nola Céspedes as she is dragged into the city’s post-Katrina underworld on the trail of what she thinks will be her big scoop.
The trio are presently determining if the property is better adapted as a feature or TV series. If it goes forward, it's unsure if Saldana will also be involved on screen.
Source: Deadline...
- 12/8/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Zoe Saldana has teamed with producers Jane Startz and Aida Bernal to option the mystery thriller Hell Or High Water. The Avatar actress and her sister Cisley’s Saldana Productions will work with Jane Startz Productions and Bernal’s Spellbound Entertainment to bring the novel to the screen. The companies are determining whether Joy Castro‘s debut novel will be a feature or better positioned as a TV series. Hell Or High Water follows New Orleans reporter Nola Céspedes as she is dragged into the city’s post-Katrina underworld on the trail of what she thinks will be her big scoop. The novel was released July 17 by Thomas Dunne Books and was called one of the best books of 2012 by The Kirkus Review. Saldana stars in the upcoming J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek Into Darkness, which is out May 17, 2013. She will next be seen alongside Clive Owen in Blood Ties,...
- 12/7/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Jennifer Lopez is one busy gal. She's a judge on "American Idol," she's got a new show with Marc Anthony called "Q'Viva! The Chosen" and a new boyfriend. Well, clearly that isn't enough for JLo. She's just announced a brand new scripted series with MTV.
According to THR, Lopez will be producing a new series for Musica y Mas, the cable network targeting young Hispanics, formerly known as MTV Tres. The eight episode series called "Amigas, Inc." chronicles the lives of four entrepreneurial Miami teens who start a party-planning business to throw their perfect 15th birthday parties, otherwise known as Quinceneras. The show is based on a book written by Jane Startz and was inspired by JLo.
"I'm so excited to bring the Amigas series to television and to share the rich cultural experiences of being a Latino that are universal to us all," said Lopez said of the series,...
According to THR, Lopez will be producing a new series for Musica y Mas, the cable network targeting young Hispanics, formerly known as MTV Tres. The eight episode series called "Amigas, Inc." chronicles the lives of four entrepreneurial Miami teens who start a party-planning business to throw their perfect 15th birthday parties, otherwise known as Quinceneras. The show is based on a book written by Jane Startz and was inspired by JLo.
"I'm so excited to bring the Amigas series to television and to share the rich cultural experiences of being a Latino that are universal to us all," said Lopez said of the series,...
- 1/28/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Jennifer Lopez and Wilmer Valderrama are teaming up with Tres: MTV, Musica y Mas (formerly MTV Tres), the cable network targeting the Hispanic millennial generation. Additionally, the cable net has given the go-ahead on a docuseries centered on former Rbd singer Dulce Maria and has renewed originals Quiero Mis Quinces, Quiero Mi Boda, Rock Dinner and La Escalera. Lopez will serve as executive producer along with Simon Fields and Jane Startz (Ella Enchanted, Tuck Everlasting) on Amigas Inc., an aspirational eight-episode television series that chronicles the lives of four entrepreneurial Miami teenagers who launch a party-planning business
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- 1/23/2012
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The fantasy young adult novel "Far-Flung Adventures: Fergus Crane" is being developed into an animated feature by Jane Startz Productions and Canadian animation house Rainmaker Entertainment. Elf and The Spiderwick Chronicles scribe David Berenbaum wrote the screenplay adaptation about a 10-year old boy whose explorer father is missing and he sets out on a voyage to try and locate and save him.
Jane Startz is a former Scholastic exec and producer of family films like Ella Enchanted and Indians in the Cupboard. She has several films in the works including Muncle Trogg, School of Good and Evil, A Cold Kiss and The Tiger's Apprentice.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter...
Jane Startz is a former Scholastic exec and producer of family films like Ella Enchanted and Indians in the Cupboard. She has several films in the works including Muncle Trogg, School of Good and Evil, A Cold Kiss and The Tiger's Apprentice.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter...
- 10/19/2011
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Laurence Yep's young adult novel "Tiger's Apprentice" is becoming a feature film by the very busy Jane Startz, the former Scholastic exec who produced Ella Enchanted. Tiger's Apprentice is about Asian-American teen Tom Lee who is completely orphaned after his grandmother is killed and finds he is protected by four creatures in the Chinese zodiac, including a mystical tiger. Oscar-nominated scribe David Magee (Finding Neverland, the upcoming Life of Pi) will adapt the book into a screenplay.
The animated film will feature a demographic mostly overlooked by Hollywood: Asian teens in America. The success or failure of this film will likely speak to the future of films made for this audience.
Jane Startz Productions has announced several projects in development recently including Muncle Trogg, The Cold Kiss, The School for Good and Evil and Far Flung Adventures: Fergus Crane.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter...
The animated film will feature a demographic mostly overlooked by Hollywood: Asian teens in America. The success or failure of this film will likely speak to the future of films made for this audience.
Jane Startz Productions has announced several projects in development recently including Muncle Trogg, The Cold Kiss, The School for Good and Evil and Far Flung Adventures: Fergus Crane.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter...
- 10/19/2011
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Sony Pictures Animation has acquired the motion picture rights to Janet Foxley's Muncle Trogg.The announcement was made by Sony Pictures Digital Productions president Bob Osher and Sony Pictures Animation president of production Michelle Raimo-Kouyate. The preemptive deal is Raimo-Kouyate's first acquisition since her appointment as president of production.Jane Startz, a producer of family entertainment, is the executive producer, whereas Jane Startz Productions Inc. vice president of development Kane Lee is co-producer."Great stories begin ...
- 4/1/2011
- BusinessofCinema
Sony Pictures Animation has acquired the motion picture rights to Janet Foxley’s Muncle Trogg, The 2010 Times (of London)/Chicken House prize-winner, it was announced today by Bob Osher, president of Sony Pictures Digital Productions and Michelle Raimo-Kouyate, president of production for Sony Pictures Animation. The preemptive deal is Raimo-Kouyate’s first acquisition since her appointment as president of production. Jane Startz, a distinguished producer of family entertainment, is the executive producer. Kane Lee, Jane Startz Productions Inc.’s vice president of development, is co-producer.
“Great stories begin with great characters and Muncle Trogg is one of the most original,”
said Bob Osher, president of Sony Pictures Digital Productions.
“Strong characters, relatable themes, a unique world and tons of inherent comedy: as soon as I read Muncle Trogg, I knew this would speak to the kinds of animated movies I want to make at Sony Pictures Animation,”
said Raimo-Kouyate.
“Great stories begin with great characters and Muncle Trogg is one of the most original,”
said Bob Osher, president of Sony Pictures Digital Productions.
“Strong characters, relatable themes, a unique world and tons of inherent comedy: as soon as I read Muncle Trogg, I knew this would speak to the kinds of animated movies I want to make at Sony Pictures Animation,”
said Raimo-Kouyate.
- 4/1/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Sony Pictures Animation has just purchased the movie rights to Janet Foxley’s children’s book Muncle Trogg. Jane Startz (Ella Enchanted, Indian in the Cupboard and The Mighty) will serve as executive producer with Kane Lee of Jane Startz Productions co-produces. This marks the first acquisition from newly installed Sony Pictures Animation president Michelle Raimo-Kouyate.
Here is what Raimo-Kouyate had to say about the deal:
“Strong characters, relatable themes, a unique world and tons of inherent comedy: as soon as I read Muncle Trogg, I knew this would speak to the kinds of animated movies I want to make at Sony Pictures Animation."
The book is the winner of the 2010 Times/Chicken House children’s fiction prize which seeks to honor unpublished authors. Trogg’s win led to a book deal which saw the book released in the UK and Australia; Chicken House/Scholastic will publish the book...
Here is what Raimo-Kouyate had to say about the deal:
“Strong characters, relatable themes, a unique world and tons of inherent comedy: as soon as I read Muncle Trogg, I knew this would speak to the kinds of animated movies I want to make at Sony Pictures Animation."
The book is the winner of the 2010 Times/Chicken House children’s fiction prize which seeks to honor unpublished authors. Trogg’s win led to a book deal which saw the book released in the UK and Australia; Chicken House/Scholastic will publish the book...
- 3/31/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Sony Pictures Animation has picked up the movie rights to Janet Foxley’s children’s book “Muncle Trogg” in Michelle Raimo-Kouyate first acquisition as president of production. The British book, about a giant teased for being human size, will be published in the U.S. by Scholastic next spring. “Strong characters, relatable themes, a unique world and tons of inherent comedy: as soon as I read ‘Muncle Trogg,’ I knew this would speak to the kinds of animated movies I want to make at Sony Pictures Animation,” said Raimo-Kouyate. Jane Startz, producer for “Ella Enchanted”...
- 3/31/2011
- The Wrap
Marking Michelle Raimo-Kouyate’s first deal since becoming president of production for Sony Pictures Animation, the division has acquired motion picture rights to Janet Foxley's fairy tale novel Muncle Trogg, to be developed as an animated feature. “Strong characters, relatable themes, a unique world and tons of inherent comedy: as soon as I read Muncke Trogg, I knew this would speak to the kinds of animated movies I want to make at Sony Pictures Animation,” said Raimo-Kouyate. The 2010 Times of London/Chicken House Children's Fiction prize-winner will be executive produced by Disney veteran Jane Startz (Ella Enchanted, Tuck Everlasting, Indian In the Cupboard), with Kane Lee, Jane Startz Productions Inc.’s vp of development, as co-producer. Barry Cunningham OBE, Chicken House Publisher and Head of Chicken House Entertainment, ...
- 3/31/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
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