A “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” remake is within the works from Amazon MGM Studios and “James Bond” backers Eon Productions.
The movie is in early levels of improvement with executives at Eon and Amazon within the strategy of assembly with potential writers and administrators. It’s meant to launch in theaters.
Dick Van Dyke starred within the authentic 1968 “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” a kid-friendly musical fantasy movie tailored from the kids’s ebook by James Bond creator Ian Fleming. Directed by Ken Hughes, produced by Albert “Cubby” Broccoli and written by Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes and Richard Maibaum, the story adopted widowed odd-ball inventor Caractacus Potts (Dyke) and his youngsters, who salvage a scrapped racing automotive with magical talents in pre-war England. The movie’s title tune was nominated for an Oscar.
“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” was additionally become a stage musical with six new songs by the Sherman brothers, who wrote the music for the movie. The present premiered in London in 2002 earlier than opening on Broadway in 2005. It later toured the United States, Australia, Singapore and Germany and is at the moment taking part in within the United Kingdom.
This venture continues the partnership of Amazon MGM and Eon Productions, whom are chargeable for bringing the Bond franchise to the large display screen. Daniel Craig, the newest actor to painting 007, retired because the suave spy in 2021’s “No Time to Die,” the twenty fifth installment within the sequence. A search is underway to exchange the MI6 agent with a license to kill.
Deadline Hollywood first reported the information of the “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” remake.