Have you ever ever tried… falling down the rabbit gap?
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter is about to as she produces and stars in a brand new film musical model of Alice in Wonderland.
The movie is impressed by Lewis Carroll’s basic Victorian-era novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, most famously represented on display within the iconic 1951 animated Disney movie of the identical identify in addition to a pair of live-action Disney options, together with Tim Burton-directed Alice in Wonderland (2010), and its James Bobin-directed sequel Alice By way of the Trying Glass (2016).
Now, Common Photos is including its personal interpretation into the combo with Carpenter, Lorene Scafaria (author and director of Hustlers), Marc Platt (producer of the Broadway and display productions of Depraved), and Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton of Alloy Leisure (the banner behind reveals resembling Gossip Lady and Fairly Little Liars) on board.
Selection reported that sources near the deal mentioned that it was Carpenter who first approached Common with the challenge in 2024, then Scafaria got here on board as author and director.
Carpenter has seemingly held a long-time love for the long-lasting literary story, throwing herself an Alice in Wonderland-themed Candy 16 celebration again in 2015 and having beforehand signed on to a special film adaptation of the story in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a Netflix information launch from October 2020, it was introduced that Carpenter had been set to star in and produce a movie for the streaming service, titled ALICE, described as “a modern-day musical set towards the backdrop of a music pageant known as WONDERLAND.”
Nevertheless, nothing ever got here of the challenge after it was introduced. Since no title or plot data has been launched concerning the present-day challenge, it’s at the moment unclear if it should bear any resemblance to the pop star’s 2020 plans.
With two Grammy-nominated albums below her belt, Carpenter is now greatest identified for her singing, however she’s additionally no stranger to performing.
Having grown up as a “Disney child,” Carpenter first rose to fame after snagging the lead position of Maya Hart within the Disney Channel present Lady Meets World. She’s additionally performed supporting roles in movies resembling The Hate U Give and Tall Lady.
Nevertheless, this Alice in Wonderland challenge shall be Carpenter’s first lead position in a characteristic movie in addition to her first time as a movie producer.
