Legendary Revives 6-Year 'Magic School Bus' Film, Taps Rob Letterman and Elizabeth Banks
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Updated · Variety · Jun 23
Legendary Revives 6-Year 'Magic School Bus' Film, Taps Rob Letterman and Elizabeth Banks
3 articles · Updated · Variety · Jun 23
Summary
Six years after Universal first optioned it, a live-action “The Magic School Bus” movie has regained momentum at Legendary, with Rob Letterman set to write and direct and Elizabeth Banks attached as Ms. Frizzle.
Legendary acquired the rights from Universal, reviving a project that had stalled since its 2020 launch and shifting the adaptation to a new studio home.
The film adapts Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen’s children’s books about Ms. Frizzle and her class traveling in a transforming yellow bus through places like outer space and the human body.
More than 100 countries aired the 1990s PBS animated series voiced by Lily Tomlin, and Netflix followed with 2017 sequel series “The Magic School Bus Rides Again,” underscoring the franchise’s long reach.