Legendary Entertainment and Scholastic Entertainment are teaming to develop a live-action feature adaptation of children’s book series The Magic School Bus, with Rob Letterman (Detective Pikachu) aboard to write the treatment and direct. Elizabeth Banks is set both to produce and play the key role of teacher Ms. Frizzle.
The project lands at Legendary following a lapse in rights at Universal, which announced its development of a live-action/animated hybrid take alongside Scholastic, Banks, and producer Marc Platt in 2020.
Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman will produce the new take for Scholastic, alongside Banks, Max Handelman, and Alison Small for Brownstone
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