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
Exclusive: Radar Pictures has secured the feature film rights for Geronimo Stilton, the best-selling children’s book series about the crime-solving adventures of a mouse journalist and his eccentric gang of family and friends.
Canadian animation writer, director and voice actor David Soren – whose credits include Turbo, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie and Paramount Animation’s upcoming Under the Boardwalk – has been attached to adapt and direct the Geronimo Stilton feature film.
The Geronimo Stilton character was created by Italian author Elisabetta Dami in the 1990s from stories she invented for young patients while volunteering at a children’s hospital.
Since then the character has been featured in more than 300 books, translated into over 50 languages, as well as graphic novels, an animated series, eight live stage productions, video games and toys.
The original books and their spin-offs have sold 180 million copies in 150 countries.
“I’m excited to be working...
Canadian animation writer, director and voice actor David Soren – whose credits include Turbo, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie and Paramount Animation’s upcoming Under the Boardwalk – has been attached to adapt and direct the Geronimo Stilton feature film.
The Geronimo Stilton character was created by Italian author Elisabetta Dami in the 1990s from stories she invented for young patients while volunteering at a children’s hospital.
Since then the character has been featured in more than 300 books, translated into over 50 languages, as well as graphic novels, an animated series, eight live stage productions, video games and toys.
The original books and their spin-offs have sold 180 million copies in 150 countries.
“I’m excited to be working...
- 2/13/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The first fruits of Wheel of Time executive producer Ted Field’s Radar Pictures and N4XT Experience’s joint venture are emerging with the development of a non-scripted reality competition based on Gameloft’s Asphalt video game series.
Radar, which is also behind the Jumanji franchise, and N4XT Experiences unveiled their RadarN4XT partnership in January, with a focus on developing new IP for video games and adapting existing game IP for TV and film.
Asphalt, the first project to emerge, is a driving competition series.
Gamers, car enthusiasts and adrenaline-seekers will compete to earn a spot on the track. From there, finalists will move into Asphalt House and hone their driving skills and face challenges at the Asphalt Driving Academy in order to face off in real-life races in their supercars. The gamers will battle each other and surprise guests, until one is left to claim...
Radar, which is also behind the Jumanji franchise, and N4XT Experiences unveiled their RadarN4XT partnership in January, with a focus on developing new IP for video games and adapting existing game IP for TV and film.
Asphalt, the first project to emerge, is a driving competition series.
Gamers, car enthusiasts and adrenaline-seekers will compete to earn a spot on the track. From there, finalists will move into Asphalt House and hone their driving skills and face challenges at the Asphalt Driving Academy in order to face off in real-life races in their supercars. The gamers will battle each other and surprise guests, until one is left to claim...
- 8/3/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Radar Pictures, the TV and film production company behind the Jumanji franchise and Amazon’s Wheel of Time series, is expanding into the video game sphere with a new partnership. Radar will join with LevelN4XT to form Radar-N4XT, focused on developing new IP for video games and adapting existing game IP for television and film.
The Radar-N4XT joint effort will create transmedia exposure to build audiences for game properties with its varied expertise in film/television, branding, fashion, music, and live entertainment. With a slate of dynamic original and established IP, Radar-N4XT will create a new way to create, game, and entertain through the power of transmedia convergence.
Radar Pictures founder Ted Field said, “By partnering from the inception stage with video game creators we believe we can create a better fit among all verticals from the right kind of initial IP.“
Enthusiasm for the...
The Radar-N4XT joint effort will create transmedia exposure to build audiences for game properties with its varied expertise in film/television, branding, fashion, music, and live entertainment. With a slate of dynamic original and established IP, Radar-N4XT will create a new way to create, game, and entertain through the power of transmedia convergence.
Radar Pictures founder Ted Field said, “By partnering from the inception stage with video game creators we believe we can create a better fit among all verticals from the right kind of initial IP.“
Enthusiasm for the...
- 1/11/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jumanji producer Radar Pictures is adapting Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar literary universe for television.
The company, founded by Interscope Records co-founder Ted Field, who is an exec producer on Amazon’s The Wheel of Time series, has acquired the small screen rights to the books, which number 58 over more than 30 years.
Kit Williamson, who created Netflix’s LGBTQ comedy series EastSiders, is adapting with author Brittany Cavallaro, who wrote the Charlotte Holmes series of books. The pair bonded over the books in school and will now write and produce the TV adaptation.
The series will be executive produced by Field, who has produced films including the Jumanji franchise, the Riddick franchise, Amityville Horror and The Last Samurai. Anthony Tringali, Maria Frisk and Michael Napoliello will produce for Radar.
The first season will be adapted from the Last Herald-Mage trilogy, comprising of Magic’s Pawn, which was first published in...
The company, founded by Interscope Records co-founder Ted Field, who is an exec producer on Amazon’s The Wheel of Time series, has acquired the small screen rights to the books, which number 58 over more than 30 years.
Kit Williamson, who created Netflix’s LGBTQ comedy series EastSiders, is adapting with author Brittany Cavallaro, who wrote the Charlotte Holmes series of books. The pair bonded over the books in school and will now write and produce the TV adaptation.
The series will be executive produced by Field, who has produced films including the Jumanji franchise, the Riddick franchise, Amityville Horror and The Last Samurai. Anthony Tringali, Maria Frisk and Michael Napoliello will produce for Radar.
The first season will be adapted from the Last Herald-Mage trilogy, comprising of Magic’s Pawn, which was first published in...
- 8/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Jumanji’ Outfit Radar Pictures Moves Into Factual With Reality Show ‘So You Wanna Save The Planet?’
Exclusive: Radar Pictures, the Los Angeles production outfit with credits including Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Sony’s upcoming fantasy series The Wheel of Time, is making its first foray into factual programming with a reality series focusing on environmentalism.
So You Wanna Save the Planet? will see naturalist and author Paul Rosolie take a group of intrepid initiates into nature on a variety of rescue missions for the planet. Participants will come face-to-face with affected landscapes, communities and ecosystems. Each episode will see them connect with a specific cause, ranging from a girl saving orphaned baby elephants in India to a community on the brink in a burned-out portion of the Amazon and a team of ex-u.S. Army Rangers working to protect rhinos from poachers in Africa.
Ted Field, Michael Napoliello, and Anthony Tringali will produce for Radar, and the series is being shopped to networks.
“We...
So You Wanna Save the Planet? will see naturalist and author Paul Rosolie take a group of intrepid initiates into nature on a variety of rescue missions for the planet. Participants will come face-to-face with affected landscapes, communities and ecosystems. Each episode will see them connect with a specific cause, ranging from a girl saving orphaned baby elephants in India to a community on the brink in a burned-out portion of the Amazon and a team of ex-u.S. Army Rangers working to protect rhinos from poachers in Africa.
Ted Field, Michael Napoliello, and Anthony Tringali will produce for Radar, and the series is being shopped to networks.
“We...
- 11/4/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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