Andrew Miano and Chris Weitz are set to produce, with King, Weitz and Simon Farnaby having penned the script.
Zemeckis is currently in post-production on his adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches for Warner Bros. starring Anne Hathaway.
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Zemeckis is currently set to co-write the script on a previous draft from Chris Weitz (Cinderella) and Simon Farnaby (Paddington 2), and will direct the film in a manner similar to Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin combining both animated characters and real-world sets and people.