Disney is continuing its push into live-action fairy tales, closing a deal for a feature project centering on “Prince Charming.” Matt Fogel wrote the script while David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films/TV as well as Tripp Vinson are on board to produce. Disney pioneered the recent and lucrative* trend of taking either old animated classics or fairy tales and spinning them into live-action features. And since no other studio has done more to ensconce* the idea of “Prince Charming” into the public mind — with movies such as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,” “Sleeping Beauty” and “Cinderella” — it is most appropriate the studio take a close look at the man as well. Details are being kept behind a moat*, but the script is described as a revisionist* take on the fairy tales. Mandeville’s Alex Young will executive-produce. Mandeville is a producer on Disney’s live-action take on its 1991 classic “Beauty and the Beast” that stars Emma Watson and Dan Stevens.(SD-Agencies) |