Disney+ Movie Based on Beloved Book Series Reportedly Set

Disney has a number of projects in the works, and according to a new report, one of their upcoming ones is based on an iconic book series.

What beloved book series is getting turned into a Disney+ movie?

According to a new report from The DisInsider, the Flat Stanley series of children’s books will be getting the movie treatment. The report notes that Disney is working on an animated feature film based on the iconic series for Disney+, and that Mic Graves has been tapped to direct the project.

Graves is best known for his work as the co-creator of Cartoon Network’s Elliott from Earth, as well as directing various episodes of the hit series The Amazing World of Gumball. The report notes that the movie is also in the process of casting, and looking for lead roles.

“Male, age 14 to play 14, a good-natured teen starting his freshman year in high school, where he’s desperately trying to distinguish himself from his overachieving brother, Arthur, who graduated from that same school the year before; energetic and impulsive he often acts without forethought, responding to a sudden urge or intuition, which can and does lead to regrettable consequences,” reads a description of the role.

The Flat Stanley book series began in 1964, and was written by author Jeff Brown, with illustrations by Tomi Ungerer in its initial run, and then other artists later. The series follows the adventures of Stanley Lambchop, who is squashed flat by a bulletin board while sleeping, and soon goes on adventures as a newly flat person.

The book famously inspired The Flat Stanley Project, a project that began in 1995 and aimed to facilitate letter-writing between schoolchildren. The idea behind the project involved children taking their own Flat Stanley’s to various places, photographing them, and then showing them off to other schoolchildren across the world.

(Source: The DisInsider)

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