Questlove To Direct Live-Action Hybrid Adaptation of ‘The Aristocats’ For Disney
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: After winning the Oscar for Best Documentary last year, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson has found his feature film directing debut as sources tell Deadline he will helm a live-action/hybrid reimaging of The Aristocats for Walt Disney Studios.
Thompson also is executive producing and overseeing music for the film, whose script is by Will Gluck and Keith Bunin. Tarik Trotter, Shawn Gee and Zarah Zohlman will exec produce on behalf of Two One Five Entertainment.
Gluck and his production company, Olive Bridge, are producing along with Thompson’s Two One Five. The film is based on the 1970 animated pic about a family of Parisian felines who learn they are set to inherit a fortune from their owner.
When the owner’s jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country, they must team up with a smooth-talking tomcat to try to make it back home before it’s too late.
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