Steven Spielberg is attached to direct the adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's book The BFG for DreamWorks.
The live-action film will be based on the fantastical tale of a Big Friendly Giant who befriends a young orphan girl. Dahl's book, illustrated by Quentin Blake, was first published in 1982.
DreamWorks acquired the book in 2011 with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall to produce. Various directors have been attached to the project over the years, including John Madden and Chris Columbus.
Melissa Mathison, who penned the script for E.T., wrote the screenplay.
Spielberg is officially committing himself to BFG and is planning an early 2015 start date with a release in 2016 but leaves room to fit in another smaller movie before then.
The Cold War thriller with Hanks would seem the likeliest candidate.
Mec qui tergiverse mille ans et qui se réveille d'un coup avec 4 projets sortis de nulle part.
Ce dernier est le plus surprenant, Spielberg n'ayant pas fait de film aussi ouvertement "pour enfants" depuis...Hook?
La réunion avec Mathison est intéressante mais est-ce qu'on risque pas justement une redite avec E.T.?
J'ai pas lu le bouquin donc je sais pas. En tout cas, je suis curieux.
