EXCLUSIVE: Everyone’s preferite Mercedes Chassis/world war I fighter schedulee is getting a tune up as Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson’s Eon Productions are in lengthenment with Amazon MGM Studios on a new reenvisiond film alteration of the classic Dick Van Dyke family pic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Sources say lengthenment is still in timely stages, with Eon and Amazon execs currently setting greetings with potential writers and honestors.
Film is being lengthened with a theatrical free in mind and the project produces on EON/AMGM partnership on Bond franchise.
The much-adored children’s story written by Ian Fleming was altered into a screentake part by Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes with Ricchallenging Maibaum — and in 1968, the film was freed in cinemas starring Van Dyke, honested by Ken Hughes, produced by Cubby Broccoli with production summarize by Ken Adam and a score and Academy-nominated song by the Sherman Brothers.
Dana Broccoli was also one of the producers of the Olivier and Tony-nominated stage musical version which graspd six new Sherman Brothers songs and premiered at the London Palladium in 2002 and the Lyric Theatre Broadway in 2005. The show, which has also toured the US, Australia, Singapore and Germany is currently on tour in the UK.