Buckle up, it’s time for the field trip of a lifetime. That’s right, we’re riding in TheMagic School Bus.
The beloved book series is in the process of getting a live-action film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
TheMagic School Bus books have sold over 90 million copies. The Scholastic series created by JoannaCole and BruceDegen follows unconventional science teacherMs. ValerieFrizzle as she takes her young students on educational adventures with a shape-shifting school bus. Their journeys range from outer space to inside the human body.
The books are currently celebrating their 40th anniversary, with the first one published in 1986. The series ran until 2021.
The children’s book series was adapted as an animated television show with Lily Tomlin as the voice of Ms. Frizzle. TheMagic School Bus aired from 1994 to 1997, becoming PBS’s first fully animated series. It spanned 52 episodes across 4 seasons.
The live-action film would cast Elizabeth Banks as Ms. Frizzle, with Rob Letterman set to direct.
Banks is known for roles in Pitch Perfect (2012), The Hunger Games (2012), and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005). Letterman previously directed Detective Pikachu (2019), Gulliver's Travels (2010), and Shark Tale (2004).
Legendary Entertainment and Scholastic Entertainment are working together to develop the live-action adaptation.
The rights to the project were previously with Universal, which announced its plans for the live-action film in 2020 with Scholastic, Banks, and producer Marc Platt attached.
Now at Legendary, Banks will also produce the project, alongside Max Handelman and Alison Small for Brownstone Productions. Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman will produce the film for Scholastic, while Platt and Adam Siegel will for Marc Platt Productions. Finally, Mary Parent, Ali Mendes, and Cale Boyter will produce for Legendary.
There are no plot details or release date for the live-action Magic School Bus.
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