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Jim Henson Company To Develop ‘Frog And Toad’ Animated Feature Film

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday June 8, 2012 @ 11:35am PDTTags: Jim Henson Company

The Jim Henson Company has acquired rights to the Frog And Toad children’s books and is developing an animated feature. Written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel in the 1970s, each of the four books include five short stories chronicling the exploits of a frog and his friend, a toad. Lisa Henson will produce for the Jim Henson Company, and Adam and Adrianne Lobel will executive produce. Craig Bartlett (Dinosaur Train, Hey Arnold!) will write the screenplay and Cory Edwards (Hoodwinked) is attached to direct. The deal is tied to a licensing and merchandising program signed with HarperCollins Children’s Books. The company is presenting Frog And Toad at the upcoming Licensing Expo in Las Vegas.

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2011 Comic-Con: Jim Henson’s Lost Script

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday July 24, 2011 @ 3:38pm PDTTags: Jim Henson Company

Deadline Comic-Con film correspondent Luke Y Thompson files:

In a small-yet-packed room, all the way across the convention center and up the stairs from Hollywood’s big Hall H stuff, significant bits of film history were coming to light. After Archaia Entertainment CEO P.J. … Read More »

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Guillermo Del Toro Starting Stop-Motion ‘Pinocchio’ Feature With Henson And Pathe

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 17, 2011 @ 9:47am PSTTags: Cameron McCracken, Francois Ivernel, Guillermo Del Toro, James Cameron, Jim Henson Company, Pathe, The Hobbit, Tim Burton, Tom Cruise, Wes Anderson
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EXCLUSIVE: Guillermo del Toro, The Jim Henson Company and Pathe are ready to go on Pinocchio, a 3D stop motion animated adaptation of the Carlo Collodi fairy tale that will be edgier than the 1940 animated Disney classic. Gris Grimly will co-direct with Mark Gustafson, and production will begin later … Read More »

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