Channing Tatum is set to star in and produce MGM’s live-action film adaptation of his children’s book “The One and Only Sparkella,” according to an individual with knowledge of the project.
Pamela Ribon is set to write the script for the adaptation.
Channing will produce via his Free Association banner. Michael Parets will oversee the project at Free Association. Parets, Tatum, Peter Kiernan, Reid Carolin and Cody Carolin will also serve as producers. The project is a part of Free Association’s first look deal with MGM, which was announced last year.
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The film’s logline is “A live-action take on the magic of Sparkella that sees a father and his daughter fall headlong into the infinitely surprising world of her imagination.”
Prime-time Is Shine Time!!! @SparkellaTJones is coming to life with a live-action movie!
Pamela Ribon is set to write the script for the adaptation.
Channing will produce via his Free Association banner. Michael Parets will oversee the project at Free Association. Parets, Tatum, Peter Kiernan, Reid Carolin and Cody Carolin will also serve as producers. The project is a part of Free Association’s first look deal with MGM, which was announced last year.
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The film’s logline is “A live-action take on the magic of Sparkella that sees a father and his daughter fall headlong into the infinitely surprising world of her imagination.”
Prime-time Is Shine Time!!! @SparkellaTJones is coming to life with a live-action movie!
- 5/18/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
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