{"id":1600,"date":"2007-04-30T23:32:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/04\/cory-edwards-to-direct-live-action-fantasy\/"},"modified":"2007-04-30T23:32:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-30T23:32:00","slug":"cory-edwards-to-direct-live-action-fantasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2007\/04\/cory-edwards-to-direct-live-action-fantasy.html","title":{"rendered":"Cory Edwards to direct live-action fantasy"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span style=\"font-family: georgia\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2004\/03\/newsbites-compass-south-lair-ostrov.html#5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hoodwinked!<\/a><\/i> director Cory Edwards announced at <a href=\"http:\/\/coryscuriosities.blogspot.com\/2007\/04\/done-deal-with-fox.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">his blog<\/a> today that he may soon be making his live-action directorial debut:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019m pleased to finally announce that I have closed a deal to direct a feature film for 20th Century Fox. \u201cANDREW HENRY\u2019S MEADOW\u201d is a kid-centered fantasy adventure, executive produced by Zach Braff and written by his brother, Adam Braff. The film is also being produced by John Davis and Derek Dauchy for Davis Entertainment (\u201cI Robot,\u201d \u201cAlien Vs. Predator,\u201d \u201cEragon\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0970739923\/petertchatta\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">the beloved children\u2019s book<\/a>, this story from the brothers Braff has all the movie ingredients that I love: comedy, action, gadgets, and big effects. It will all be set in a highly-stylized world, with art direction similar to movies like \u201cCharlie and the Chocolate Factory,\u201d \u201cTime Bandits\u201d and \u201cBrazil.\u201d . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Edwards notes that the studio hasn\u2019t actually given the project a \u201cgreen light\u201d yet \u2014 partly because he and the Braffs are still developing the script!  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