Tag: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
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‘The Grinch’ Tops Studios’ TV Ad Spending
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the TV advertising attention analytics company iSpot.tv, Universal Pictures claims the top spot in spending for “The Grinch.”Ads placed for the remake of the Christmas classic had an estimated media value of $4.97 million through Sunday for 825 national ad airings on 39…
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Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Johnston to Share Directing Credit on Disney’s ‘Nutcracker’
Lasse Hallstrom and Joe Johnston will have a unique shared directing credit on Disney’s upcoming “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.”The helmers — who are not a directing team — will be listed on the same title card for “The Nutcracker,” which stars Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Misty Copeland, and Mackenzie Foy.Hallstrom was the first…
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‘The Nutcracker And The Four Realms’: Joe Johnston Added As Co-Director With Lasse Hallström
Joe Johnston has signed on as co-director of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms alongside Lasse Hallström. Disney’s live-action adaptation of the E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 1816 holiday classic is set to hit domestic theaters November 2. “I watched an early cut of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, and I saw something unique and fresh,” Johnston…
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Ashleigh Powell to Adapt YA Fantasy Novel ‘The Hazel Wood’ for Columbia Pictures (Exclusive)
Ashleigh Powell has signed on to adapt the YA fantasy novel “The Hazel Wood” for Columbia Pictures, TheWrap has exclusively learned.Powell previously wrote “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” for Disney. Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher (“Divergent,” “The Great Gatsby”) at Red Wagon are producing. VP Lucas Wiesendanger is overseeing for Red Wagon.“The Hazel Wood,”…