Paul King is headed to Disney.
After being connected, for a few years, to their live-action model of “Pinocchio” (ultimately directed by Robert Zemeckis), King is again on the Magic Kingdom to direct “Prince Charming,” TheWrap has realized. He will even co-write the script with Simon Barnaby and Jon Croker.
Prince Charming, after all, is the character from “Cinderella,” who goes looking for the title character utilizing the glass slipper she left behind. Plot particulars of this spinoff story are being saved below wraps.
King was connected to “Pinocchio” approach again in 2018, after Sam Mendes departed the undertaking. Farnby, who labored on the scripts for King’s “Paddington 2” and “Wonka” (and appeared as an actor within the first “Paddington”), wrote King’s model of “Pinocchio,” as nicely.
Earlier this yr, King instructed TheWrap that he beloved “Pinocchio” however that “it didn’t work out for personal reasons, which had nothing to do with the movie at all.” He additionally shared with us the ultimate sequence of his model of the film, which entails Geppetto and Pinocchio saying goodbye. (He admitted to not having seen the Zemeckis model.)
King went on to make Warner Bros.’ “Wonka,” which was a shock musical smash starring Timothée Chalamet that earned greater than $600 million worldwide.
