Brian Damage
12-05-2009, 02:57 PM
New Line has picked up a pitch from Darren Lemke, the writer behind the studio’s Bryan Singer project “Jack the Giant Killer,” that reimagines the classic tale of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” as an action-adventure movie.
Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey of Temple Hill Entertainment are producing.
“Nutcracker” is best known as the Christmas ballet with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky but the actual story was written by E.T.A. Hoffman decades prior to the ballet’s debut in 1892.
The story centered on a 12-year old girl who, with her brother and sister, receive gifts from their clockmaker-inventor godfather on Christmas Eve, one of which was a Nutcracker doll. That night, the girl began an adventure that included a war involving a seven-headed Mouse King and his army of mice, curses and themes of ugliness and beauty.
The story has been adapted into various forms of animation and the ballet version has found itself on screens many times as well.
Michael Disco and Michele Weiss are overseeing the project.
Lemke, repped by UTA, seems to have a thing for lassic folk and fairy tales. In addition to writing “Giant,” he also worked on DreamWorks Animation’s fairy tale-skewing “Shrek Forever After.” He also worked on “The Mechanic,” in production now, and “Gemini Man,” set up at Disney.
Temple Hill, who are coming off the success of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” next have the war love story “Dear John,” starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried, set for release in February 2010.
http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/12/nutcracker-action-adventure-.html
Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey of Temple Hill Entertainment are producing.
“Nutcracker” is best known as the Christmas ballet with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky but the actual story was written by E.T.A. Hoffman decades prior to the ballet’s debut in 1892.
The story centered on a 12-year old girl who, with her brother and sister, receive gifts from their clockmaker-inventor godfather on Christmas Eve, one of which was a Nutcracker doll. That night, the girl began an adventure that included a war involving a seven-headed Mouse King and his army of mice, curses and themes of ugliness and beauty.
The story has been adapted into various forms of animation and the ballet version has found itself on screens many times as well.
Michael Disco and Michele Weiss are overseeing the project.
Lemke, repped by UTA, seems to have a thing for lassic folk and fairy tales. In addition to writing “Giant,” he also worked on DreamWorks Animation’s fairy tale-skewing “Shrek Forever After.” He also worked on “The Mechanic,” in production now, and “Gemini Man,” set up at Disney.
Temple Hill, who are coming off the success of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” next have the war love story “Dear John,” starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried, set for release in February 2010.
http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/12/nutcracker-action-adventure-.html