Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Nov 20, 2014 10:36:08 GMT -6
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Peter Segal To Direct Children’s Tale ‘Goblins’ For Disney
Disney has set Peter Segal to direct Goblins. Segal and his Callahan Filmworks partner Michael Ewing will produce a project based on Goblins! A Survival Guide And Fiasco In Four Parts, a book written by Ari Berk and illustrated by Brian Froud. Latter is the Hugo-winning artist who was Jim Henson’s conceptual designer on Labyrinth and Dark Crystal. Berk is the author of 13 children’s books; the most recent, The Undertaken Trilogy, was released this year.
Tom Astle & Matt Ember have been set to script the adaptation, with Berk and Froud executive producing. This reunites Segal, Ewing, Astle and Ember with Alan Horn; they all teamed at Warner Bros on the 2008 comedy Get Smart, which grossed over $230 million worldwide.
The scribes are repped by Verve, and Ewing and Segal by WME. Segal’s lawyered by Gang Tyre.
Peter Segal To Direct Children’s Tale ‘Goblins’ For Disney
Disney has set Peter Segal to direct Goblins. Segal and his Callahan Filmworks partner Michael Ewing will produce a project based on Goblins! A Survival Guide And Fiasco In Four Parts, a book written by Ari Berk and illustrated by Brian Froud. Latter is the Hugo-winning artist who was Jim Henson’s conceptual designer on Labyrinth and Dark Crystal. Berk is the author of 13 children’s books; the most recent, The Undertaken Trilogy, was released this year.
Tom Astle & Matt Ember have been set to script the adaptation, with Berk and Froud executive producing. This reunites Segal, Ewing, Astle and Ember with Alan Horn; they all teamed at Warner Bros on the 2008 comedy Get Smart, which grossed over $230 million worldwide.
The scribes are repped by Verve, and Ewing and Segal by WME. Segal’s lawyered by Gang Tyre.