A brand new tackle Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is reportedly in early growth.
In line with Deadline, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson’s Eon Productions – finest recognized for the James Bond motion pictures – will crew with Amazon-MGM for a re-imagining of the traditional youngsters’s story aiming for a theatrical launch.
Reportedly, conferences with writers and administrators are at the moment being set.
The unique e book was written by the 007 creator Ian Fleming and revealed in 1964 earlier than being tailored into a success film in 1968, co-scripted by Roald Dahl and starring Dick Van Dyke. It was additionally produced by Albert R Broccoli, who co-founded Eon.
Whereas the movie was well-received and the tenth largest movie on the field workplace that 12 months, it misplaced cash because the price range was so excessive on the time. It additionally obtained an Oscar nomination for finest authentic tune.
It was later become a musical, opening on the West Finish in 2002 and later Broadway in 2005.
Again in 2008, it was reported by the Telegraph {that a} big-screen remake was being thought-about by Wilson.
Eon Productions is subsequent set to work on a brand new James Bond film with an actor nonetheless to be connected. Final month, it was reported that the subsequent selection will probably be in his 30s and is probably not white.
“Each time we forged a brand new actor, the movies change,” Wilson stated. “It’s the thrill of a brand new Bond, a brand new course. Each one in every of these individuals who took on the position provided one thing new and completely different.”
The final Bond film, 2021’s No Time to Die, made $774m worldwide.
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