Fox’s next family-friendly hit could come from a former Pixar artist. The studio has just picked up the rights to Timeless, a three-book children’s series by Pixar alum Armand Baltazar. Carlos Saldanha (Rio) is attached to direct and Ridley Scott will produce. The plot centers around a group of kids from different time periods — […]
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- 10/14/2014
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
"Ice Age" and "Rio" director Carlos Saldanha is set to take the helm of 20th Century Fox's "Timeless," a live-action and CG animated combination film adaptation of former Pixar artist Armand Baltazar's upcoming children's book trilogy.
The story is set in Chicago when a time implosion brings people and creatures from the past, present and future together. A boy sets out with his friends from different time periods to rescue his father who has been captured by a Roman general.
Ridley Scott and Michael Schaefer of Scott Free Productions and Steve Tzirlin are producing along with Brooklyn Weaver.
Source: Heat Vision...
The story is set in Chicago when a time implosion brings people and creatures from the past, present and future together. A boy sets out with his friends from different time periods to rescue his father who has been captured by a Roman general.
Ridley Scott and Michael Schaefer of Scott Free Productions and Steve Tzirlin are producing along with Brooklyn Weaver.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 10/13/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Less than a week after former Pixar artist Armand Baltazar closed a deal for his debut three-book children’s series Timeless, the movie rights have been picked up by Fox. Carlos Saldanha, the director of the animated Rio and Ice Age movies, is attached to direct what would be a live-action/CG adaptation. Ridley Scott and Michael Schaefer of Scott Free Productions and Steve Tzirlin are producing along with Brooklyn Weaver. Maresa Pullman, who runs Saldanha's BottleCap Productions, will executive produce. Sources peg the deal in the mid-six-figures range. The story is set in Chicago when
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- 10/13/2014
- by Andy Lewis, Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Armand BaltazarThere will be a wealth of animation talents on display for new live-action/CG hybrid Timeless, coming our way from Fox. Rio director Carlos Saldanha is now attached to adapt the planned three-book children's series by DreamWorks/Disney/Pixar veteran Armand Baltazar.We say planned, because the ink is still wet on the deal – it closed last week – and Baltazar isn’t scheduled to deliver the first book until 2016. Still, Saldanha, producer Ridley Scott and the studio think this could fuel an intriguing new movie.Timeless is set in Chicago, where the city is the epicentre of a time implosion throwing people and creatures from the past, present and future together in one unruly mix. A boy must unite friends from different time periods to find his father, who has been kidnapped by a Roman general. The books are set to be illustrated in a lush faux-watercolour style, which...
- 10/13/2014
- EmpireOnline
A version of this story first appeared in the Oct. 17 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. A former Pixar artist may be writing Hollywood's next children's franchise. Armand Baltazar (CAA, Gernert Co., Energy), whose credits include Brave, has sold the three-book series Timeless to HarperCollins imprint Katherine Tegen Books (Divergent) for publication in fall 2016. Described as in the vein of Avatar and Harry Potter, the story centers on a boy — joined by a motley gang of friends — who is seeking to rescue his father from a Roman general after a "time collision" has thrown together
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- 10/8/2014
- by Andy Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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