Published 14:12 IST, October 7th 2020
'Thomas & Friends' movie is under development, announces Mattel with director Marc Forster
Thomas & Friends movie is under development, as announced by Mattel Films on Tuesday, October 6th. Read on to know more details about the movie.
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Mattel is teaming up with production company 2Dux as y plan to make a feature film based on trains based animated show, Thomas and Friends. show is widely loved by children and explores importance of friendship. Re on to kw more details:
Thomas and Friends to develop into a feature film
Marc Forster, who was director of World War Z, is set to helm project as well as co-produce it. Thomas' character has been a favourite among children worldwide, and its me is something that children and parents deeply connect with, Mattel films chief Robbie Brenner told Variety. He went on to say that Marc is a really good storyteller and that he is excited to showcase Thomas’ story to world in a new and different way.
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companies have anunced project including both live-action and animation. Mattel will co-produce script with Marc Forster and Renee Wolfe, who is co-founder and Co-CEO of 2Dux. script has been penned by Alyssa Hill and Jesse Wigutow. From Mattel Films, Robbie Brenner and Kevin McKeon will take le on project.
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Thomas and Friends is celebrating a 75-year long run this year. It talks about general world through story of Thomas engine and his or locomotive friends. very first creation of Thomas took place in 1945 by Rev. W Awdry who developed character in stories he told his son Christopher. character is w loved across world by children since time he first me his journey on tracks. show which is w in its 24th season has been told through toys, books, and apps so far.
Forster told that Thomas has been a childhood favourite of his and he is looking forward to working with Robbie on this project. He expressed his excitement about working with whole team of Mattel on this evergreen story. Mattel’s latest step into world of movies was 2016 live-action Max Steel, which failed at box-office and earned less than 4 million.
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14:12 IST, October 7th 2020