‘Magic School Bus’ Live-Action Movie Kicks Into Gear as Rob Letterman Hops on Board to Direct
A live-action adaptation of The Magic School Bus is finally showing signs of movement after being stuck inside Ralphie—sorry, we mean Universal Pictures—for the past six years. The movie was set to star Elizabeth Banks as Ms. Valerie Frizzle (“the Fritz” to the impertinent children in her class), a kooky science teacher who constantly puts her elementary school students in mortal danger by taking them on unsanctioned field trips to locations such as outer space, the Mesozoic era, and the inside of an internal combustion engine.
- ▪A live-action adaptation of The Magic School Bus is finally showing signs of movement after being stuck inside Ralphie—sorry, we mean Universal Pictures—for the past six years.
- ▪The movie was set to star Elizabeth Banks as Ms.
- ▪Valerie Frizzle (“the Fritz” to the impertinent children in her class), a kooky science teacher who constantly puts her elementary school students in mortal danger by taking them on unsanctioned field trips to locations such as outer space,
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A live-action adaptation of The Magic School Bus is finally showing signs of movement after being stuck inside Ralphie—sorry, we mean Universal Pictures—for the past six years. Writer and director Rob Letterman (Detective Pikachu) has grabbed the wheel and is taking the film on a field trip to the more hospitable environs of Legendary Entertainment, where the hazards he encounters will hopefully not include any more massive…
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