Makes sense, but I think now's the perfect time to introduce Pippi Longstockings to a new generation. I think a happy-go-lucky girl with super strength and an optimistic attitude would fit right in with Hollywood's focus on making strong female characters for modern audiences. I'm willing to wait a little while longer if it means Astrid's family will be satisfied. Thanks for answering my question Stefan
Regarding StudioCanal and Heyday Films’s Pippi Longstocking movie, I think one reason we haven’t heard any further updates about it since 2019 is because it’s probably still in development. Since the Astrid Lindgren Company is producing it with them, maybe they’re still trying to find just the right director and writer to tackle the project that really understands the source material. BTW, regardless of what Lindgren thought about Nelvana’s Pippi Longstocking feature film, which I rented from Blockbuster a couple of times when I was a kid, I think it and the subsequent TV series are great, even if sometimes I think they could’ve been a little better.
There likely exist authors and creators out there who are not interested in seeing their works adapted or want to have compete control over how it's done. Bill Watterson is a well-known example of someone with no interest in seeing his work adapted.
man that's almost 25 years since we had a new adaptation (the Nelvana series aired it's final episode 25 years ago) man and I thought P.L. Travers was touchy about her creation I think it's more like Family Blessing hell more than Development hell I mean if I were doing one I would offer the family a consultation position
The story of the producer of "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking" trying to get the rights and her reaction to the finished film is even very similar to Travers's dealings with Walt Disney.
After seeing how bad the 2003 Cat in the Hat movie was, Audrey Geisel became more protective of her late husband's material by banning more live-action films based on his books which meant a sequel to the film was cancelled and it would've been (loosely I'm sure) based on the book's sequel The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. That's why 5 years later in 2008, they released Horton Hears a Who as an animated film instead. Say what you will about it but it's far better than the damage Bo Welch and Mike Myers did.
Makes sense, but I think now's the perfect time to introduce Pippi Longstockings to a new generation. I think a happy-go-lucky girl with super strength and an optimistic attitude would fit right in with Hollywood's focus on making strong female characters for modern audiences. I'm willing to wait a little while longer if it means Astrid's family will be satisfied. Thanks for answering my question Stefan
Regarding StudioCanal and Heyday Films’s Pippi Longstocking movie, I think one reason we haven’t heard any further updates about it since 2019 is because it’s probably still in development. Since the Astrid Lindgren Company is producing it with them, maybe they’re still trying to find just the right director and writer to tackle the project that really understands the source material.
BTW, regardless of what Lindgren thought about Nelvana’s Pippi Longstocking feature film, which I rented from Blockbuster a couple of times when I was a kid, I think it and the subsequent TV series are great, even if sometimes I think they could’ve been a little better.
Is it rare nowadays for creators to be overprotected of they're own work inorder to trust anyone to make a screen adaptation?
There likely exist authors and creators out there who are not interested in seeing their works adapted or want to have compete control over how it's done. Bill Watterson is a well-known example of someone with no interest in seeing his work adapted.
man that's almost 25 years since we had a new adaptation (the Nelvana series aired it's final episode 25 years ago)
man and I thought P.L. Travers was touchy about her creation
I think it's more like Family Blessing hell more than Development hell I mean if I were doing one I would offer the family a consultation position
The story of the producer of "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking" trying to get the rights and her reaction to the finished film is even very similar to Travers's dealings with Walt Disney.
@@MrCoat go figure btw that 1997 film is it true Alan Menken worked on that
No, not that I'm aware of. He's not listed in the credits nor is there any mention of Pippi Longstocking on Menken's official website.
@@MrCoat *one IMDB later* Anders Berglund
Asher Ettinger
Tony Kosinec
@@MrCoat funny i thought i saw it listed
I do recall Pippi made a cameo appearance on the Simpsons in one of Liss'a imagination sequences.
I wonder how the author would feel about that?
After seeing how bad the 2003 Cat in the Hat movie was, Audrey Geisel became more protective of her late husband's material by banning more live-action films based on his books which meant a sequel to the film was cancelled and it would've been (loosely I'm sure) based on the book's sequel The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. That's why 5 years later in 2008, they released Horton Hears a Who as an animated film instead. Say what you will about it but it's far better than the damage Bo Welch and Mike Myers did.
Here's The Real Question Will We Get Another Underdog reboot It has been 16 years since Disney's attempt starring Jason Lee pre Chipmunks
Have i have idea to open studio and one the movie i want to do is pippi long stoking
I actually was thinking about asking this