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The new one will be directed by Matthew Warchus Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with a script by Edna Walsh, EON Productions and Amazon MGM announced Thursday.
Warchus is best known as the director of 2022 Musical Matilda and in 2014 Pride. Walsh is known for the year 2024 Little things like these.
Created as a bedtime story by Ian Fleming (written for his son Casper), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the book was adapted into a screenplay by Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes and Richard Maibaum in 1968. The film — now a beloved classic — starred Dick Van Dyke and was directed by Hughes. The title track, by the Sherman Brothers, earned an Oscar nomination.
The new film is in the early stages of development, EON and Amazon said on Thursday. In the original film, Van Dyke played widowed inventor Caractacus Potts and his two children, Jeremy (Adrian Hall) and Jemima (Heather Ripley). Together with the heiress of the Scrumptious candy empire, Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), Potts repairs an old race car with magic — flying! — abilities. Cubby Broccoli produced, with production design by Ken Adam.
The film also received a Broadway adaptation in 2005, starring Raúl Esparza as Potts.
