Walden Pond Press is Walden Media’s first dedicated publishing imprint. In partnership with HarperCollins, they publish books for young readers; and for selected titles, they develop them with filmmakers to become feature films. Their first book is COSMIC by Frank Cottrell Boyce.
The well-loved series of children’s books The Berenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain are coming to the big screen, thanks in part to Canadian animation studio Nelvana.
The company, based in Toronto, is responsible for several kid’s shows, many of them involving anthropomorphic bears, including Care Bears and Maurice Sendak’s Little Bear.
It’s a bear market for one group of moviemakers. Shawn Levy, director of the Night at the Museum movies, has signed on to produce a feature film based on The Berenstain Bears books, a comedy he says will be a mix of live-action and computer animation.
Walden Media is keeping its focus on the family audience, tapping Mark Dindal to helm the live-action family comedy “Housebroken.” Michael De Luca is producing.
“Housebroken” will center around a newly married couple’s talking pets, who must adjust to living together under one roof. Walden is looking for a scribe to work with Dindal (“Chicken Little”) on the script, originally penned by Adam Sztykiel.
Last spring Micheal Flaherty, President of Walden Media, visited Asbury College as part of its Engaging Culture weekend. As those who have met him know, he is a truly great man–full of wisdom, enthusiasm, real joy, and deep compassion.
While he was on campus, Devin Brown had the opportunity to ask him about Walden’s mission, where its name came from, and even what his favorite scene is. His response to these and other questions can be viewed in “An Interview with Micheal Flaherty” which has been posted at: Asbury.edu
There’s also a question and answer session about The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
The National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) has named Ingrid Law’s SAVVY as one of its Gold Award winners.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is starring in the upcoming film “Tooth Fairy” from 20th Century Fox and Walden Media. Walden Media tends to make great films that are very under-appreciated, and if the response to this trailer is anything to go by, it looks like another film doomed to low box office, based only on a trailer. Bandslam was one of the worst, if not THE worst, marketed films of 2009 and turned out to be far better than the trailer lets on. I’m hoping that this film turns out to be the same.
Walden Media has picked up Randi Mayem Singer’s script for Gene.
The Hollywood Reporter describes Gene as a modern-day take on the genie story. According to Walden CEO Michael Bostick, it’s a family comedy combining “originality, humor, heart and broad appeal that all ages can enjoy.”
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Alyson Michalka plays Charlotte in Bandslam
Can you tell us about Bandslam?
Aly Michalka: Bandslam is a great movie about relationships that I think we all go through with our friends, and it’s about becoming an individual and a unique person. The story is based on this kid, Will, who comes to a new town and a new school. He’s kind of a loner but he is a genius at music and knows how to put a sound together and form a band. He ends up becoming friends with this girl Charlotte, which is my character.
Digital Vision, manufacturers of image enhancement and mastering systems for film and television post-production, has announced that Hollywood mini-studio Anschutz Film Group/Walden Media has taken delivery of Digital Vision’s Nucoda HD system. Digital Vision has worked closely with Walden to create a streamlined color pipeline from dailies to final delivery for their international productions. The two grading and one conform systems for Walden form the cornerstone of a complete production and post production workflow on “The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader,” one of the industry’s first 100% digitally acquired, file-based feature projects. The Nucoda HD systems capture and utilize the American Society of Cinematographer’s CDL (color decision list) metadata, and maintain it as a basis for grading throughout the project with Digital Vision’s comprehensive toolset.
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