The Borrowers Reboot Is Happening at Universal and Working Title
The Borrowers Reboot Is Happening at Universal and Working Title
A big screen, live action reboot of The Borrowers, based on the novel by Mary Norton, is now in development.
A big screen reboot of the little people known as
The Borrowers is on its way courtesy of Universal Pictures and Working Title, who have announced that an updated feature version is now in development. Potentially at the helm is
Sausage Party and
The Addams Family director Conrad Verno, who is currently in talks and will be working from a screenplay by
The Borrowers Reboot Movie in the Works From Universal Pictures April 28, 2021
It has been over 23 years since the theatrical release of Peter Hewitt’s fantasy comedy
The Borrowers. Now Deadline brings word that Universal Pictures is in the process of developing a modern reboot of classic 1997 live-action film adaptation of Mary Norton’s children’s novel. The project hails from the original film’s studio Working Title and
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway scribe Patrick Burleigh.
In addition, Conrad Vernon, who is known for directing hit animated films such as
Shrek 2,
The Addams Family, has officially entered negotiations to helm Universal’s
According to Deadline, Golden Globe nominee Kaitlyn Dever (
Unbelievable) has officially signed on to star opposite Oscar winners George Clooney and Julia Roberts in Universal Pictures’ upcoming romantic comedy film
Ticket to Paradise. The project will also reunite Dever with former
Booksmart co-star Billie Lourd, who has been cast last month for the role of Wren Butler, the best friend to the lovesick daughter of Clooney and Roberts’ characters.
This marks Dever’s latest collaboration with Universal Pictures. She is also set to star in the studio’s upcoming film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical
Dear Evan Hansen, which is scheduled for a September 24, 2021 release. She will also next be seen in Hulu’s limited series
Netflix, Working Title Begin Production on Sally El Hosaini s The Swimmers (EXCLUSIVE)
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Netflix and Working Title have started production on “The Swimmers,” directed by “My Brother the Devil” helmer Sally El Hosaini.
The film tells the true story of swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini’s journey as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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In 2015, after their house was destroyed in the Syrian Civil War, the Mardini sisters decided to flee the country. They made their way to Lebanon and then Turkey, where they arranged to be smuggled into Greece by dinghy. In the middle of the Aegean Sea, the motor of the dinghy, overcrowded with refugees, cut out, and the Mardini sisters and others who could swim, ensured the safety of the passengers.