Sony Pictures TV-based producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are planning a musical revival of PETER PAN for ABC, reports VARIETY. Zadan and Meron hope to have the film ready for broadcast in fall 2007.
"This is a huge priority for us and has been over the almost two years it took to get the rights," ABC movies & mini-series head Quinn Taylor said. The project "is spot on in the tradition of classic ABC musicals, with huge family appeal across every generation."
Irene Mecchi, who penned the script for Zadan/Meron's ANNIE and worked on Disney's THE LION KING and HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, has been recruited to write a teleplay based on the original Broadway musical. Royce Bergman of Storyline will coordinate for Zadan/Meron.
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