Exclusive: Radar Pictures and Bandits Roost Entertainment have tapped Kenny Ortega (High School Musical) to direct Weslandia, a feature adaptation of the international bestselling children’s book by Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman.
Shawn DeLoache (The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy) is penning the script. Producers of the family action adventure pic will include Ted Field, Anthony Tringali, Michael Napoliello and Maria Frisk for Radar, along with Cori Silberman and Michael Dovid for Bandits Roost. Field will also serve as executive producer.
Originally published by Candlewick Press in 1999, Weslandia tells the story of Wes, a tween genius loner who expects, upon moving to his new home in Plainville, that his life is going to be, well, plain! Little does he know he’s soon to be tangled up, literally, in a mysterious alien jungle growing in his backyard. But when the seemingly utopian civilization he creates...
Shawn DeLoache (The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy) is penning the script. Producers of the family action adventure pic will include Ted Field, Anthony Tringali, Michael Napoliello and Maria Frisk for Radar, along with Cori Silberman and Michael Dovid for Bandits Roost. Field will also serve as executive producer.
Originally published by Candlewick Press in 1999, Weslandia tells the story of Wes, a tween genius loner who expects, upon moving to his new home in Plainville, that his life is going to be, well, plain! Little does he know he’s soon to be tangled up, literally, in a mysterious alien jungle growing in his backyard. But when the seemingly utopian civilization he creates...
- 12/4/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Today, Fullscreen, in association with Epic Robot TV, has announced the return of the beloved series “The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy” for an 18-episode third season. Set in the magical town of Neverland, Ohio, the series follows Peter Pan (Kyle Walters), a man-child cartoonist in his late 20s, and Wendy Darling (Paula Rhodes) as adults living in Neverland surrounded by their motley crew of family and friends. Pan struggles between maintaining his youth and losing a link to his best friend and longtime crush.
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The series was created by Kyle Walters and Shawn deLoache, who also serves as the series’ writer. It co-stars Percy Daggs III (“Veronica Mars”) and Jim Beaver (“Deadwood”) and is produced by Walters, deLoache, Rhodes and Jenni Powell (“The Lizzie Bennet Diaries”).
Launched in April 2016, Fullscreen is a commercial-free subscription...
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The series was created by Kyle Walters and Shawn deLoache, who also serves as the series’ writer. It co-stars Percy Daggs III (“Veronica Mars”) and Jim Beaver (“Deadwood”) and is produced by Walters, deLoache, Rhodes and Jenni Powell (“The Lizzie Bennet Diaries”).
Launched in April 2016, Fullscreen is a commercial-free subscription...
- 12/15/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Hello, my name is Jenni Powell and I am excited.
For those not familiar, I’ve been producing and creating in the digital media space since 2006. I started out in the fan community of lonelygirl15 (Rip Bree) and went on to work on The Guild and many other early scripted web series. I went on to produce the Emmy Award Winning The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Emma Approved. I currently am a producer on The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy and an Executive Producer and Co-Creator on Adi Shankar’s Gods and Secrets. I have a very deep love and passion for what I do and the digital media space as a whole.
But I also have another love. One I keep close to my heart, but that anyone who really knows me has witnessed the great excitement and fulfillment it brings me. I have even converted some people...
For those not familiar, I’ve been producing and creating in the digital media space since 2006. I started out in the fan community of lonelygirl15 (Rip Bree) and went on to work on The Guild and many other early scripted web series. I went on to produce the Emmy Award Winning The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Emma Approved. I currently am a producer on The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy and an Executive Producer and Co-Creator on Adi Shankar’s Gods and Secrets. I have a very deep love and passion for what I do and the digital media space as a whole.
But I also have another love. One I keep close to my heart, but that anyone who really knows me has witnessed the great excitement and fulfillment it brings me. I have even converted some people...
- 2/12/2016
- by Jenni Powell
- Tubefilter.com
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