Jon Favreau Takes on Disney's 'Magic Kingdom'

There's plenty of evidence to suggest that any well known IP can be turned into a movie (Facebook, Battleship, Marvel/DC).  It's just too easy.  Low cost marketing, a brand that appeals to the masses, and guaranteed ticket sales even for a 'C' rated film.  Of course, Disney has been the master at monetizing their branded characters in every medium possible.  Now, after Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion, they will turn Magic Kingdom into a movie.

While we've known they were planning to bring Magic Kingdom to the silver screens, it was announced yesterday that Jon Favreau will not only direct the film, but have a hand in developing the script.  Actually, the script is already written by Ron Moore (Battlestar Galactica) but I guess Favreau isn't entirely happy with it so he'll hire a writer to reshape the story.  

Favreau will be extremely busy for the next couple years.  He's currently working on the post-production work on Cowboys and Aliens, and then he'll direct Iron Man 3 mid-late 2011 before he starts on the Magic Kingdom in 2012.  

The plot is still unclear.  However, one can expect the movie to be similar to Night at the Museum where inanimate objects come to life to create a *gasp* magical kingdom.  

Comments

[rk]

Moore's script was probably dark, so they got scared and wrote a new one to appeal to the 5 year olds. Oh well.

[Josh Baldwin]

Hopefully it won't star Eddie Murphy.