Exclusive: Radar Pictures and Bandits Roost Entertainment have tapped Kenny Ortega (High School Musical) to direct Weslandia, a feature adaptation of the international bestselling children’s book by Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman.
Shawn DeLoache (The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy) is penning the script. Producers of the family action adventure pic will include Ted Field, Anthony Tringali, Michael Napoliello and Maria Frisk for Radar, along with Cori Silberman and Michael Dovid for Bandits Roost. Field will also serve as executive producer.
Originally published by Candlewick Press in 1999, Weslandia tells the story of Wes, a tween genius loner who expects, upon moving to his new home in Plainville, that his life is going to be, well, plain! Little does he know he’s soon to be tangled up, literally, in a mysterious alien jungle growing in his backyard. But when the seemingly utopian civilization he creates...
Shawn DeLoache (The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy) is penning the script. Producers of the family action adventure pic will include Ted Field, Anthony Tringali, Michael Napoliello and Maria Frisk for Radar, along with Cori Silberman and Michael Dovid for Bandits Roost. Field will also serve as executive producer.
Originally published by Candlewick Press in 1999, Weslandia tells the story of Wes, a tween genius loner who expects, upon moving to his new home in Plainville, that his life is going to be, well, plain! Little does he know he’s soon to be tangled up, literally, in a mysterious alien jungle growing in his backyard. But when the seemingly utopian civilization he creates...
- 12/4/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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