EXCLUSIVE: That Skydance Tv, Harmony Originals and Nuyorican restricted collection we first instructed you about primarily based on Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella has landed at Disney+, we hear. The venture stays in improvement.
We perceive there was a bidding conflict between Disney and Amazon for the venture which is from the attitude of the fairy godparents, and written by Rachel Shukert, who continues to be connected as EP and showrunner.
The UTA repped Shukert is an EP on Hulu’s 9 Good Strangers, in addition to an EP on the streamer’s Handmaid’s Story, and the showrunner of Netflix’s The Child-Sitters Membership.
Along with Shukert, Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina for Nuyorican Productions; Sophia Dilley, EVP of Harmony Originals and Co-President of RKO, and former Harmony CEO, Scott Pascucci; and Invoice Bost will even govt produce.
Skydance Tv has a pact with Harmony to develop a slate of authentic tasks on the latter’s huge catalog of musicals which incorporates Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and a modern-day adaptation of Oklahoma! from John Lee Hancock and Bekah Brunstetter.
Cinderella is one in all Rodgers & Hammerstein’s hottest titles. It was initially written for tv, debuting in 1957 with Julie Andrews within the lead. The TV film was nominated for an Emmy Award for her efficiency. Greater than 100 million viewers noticed the published. Cinderella was re-made for TV in 1965 starring Lesley Ann Warren within the title position with Ginger Rogers and Walter Pidgeon because the King and Queen, and Celeste Holm because the Fairy Godmother. An additional tv remake adopted in 1997 with Brandy as Cinderella, Whitney Houston because the Fairy Godmother, Bernadette Peters because the Stepmother, Whoopi Goldberg because the Queen, and Jason Alexander as Lionel.