New ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ Movie In The Works At Eon Productions And Amazon MGM Studios
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Everyone’s favorite Mercedes chassis/World War I fighter plane is getting a tune-up as Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson’s Eon Productions are in development with Amazon MGM Studios on a reimagined film adaptation of the classic Dick Van Dyke family pic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Sources say that development is in early stages, with Eon and Amazon execs currently setting meetings with potential writers and directors.
The film is being developed with a theatrical release in mind, and the project builds on Eon and Amazon MGM’s partnership on the James Bond franchise.
The much-loved children’s story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car was written by Bond author Ian Fleming in the mid-1960s, and adapted into a screenplay by Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes with Richard Maibaum.
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