Bron Animation is adapting Lois Lowry’s popular children’s book, The Willoughbys. Lowry, whom many will recognize as the author of The Giver, plays with tropes in children’s literature (bad parents! a nanny!) in this story about four old-fashioned siblings.
Without giving too much away, it’s a fun and slightly off-beat book and I’m excited to see that animated. Brenda Gilbert, president of Bron Animation, says:
The Willoughbys is a wonderful and unexpected story that fits our goal of producing animated films that are unique and a bit edgy.
Kris Pearn, who was head of story in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Adam Wood, who previously worked on Pixar films like Finding Nemo are adapting the book, with Wood as director.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
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