Overview
- Legendary Entertainment and Scholastic are developing a live-action feature of The Magic School Bus with Elizabeth Banks set to play and produce Ms. Frizzle.
- Rob Letterman has signed on to write the treatment and direct the film, a move reported by multiple outlets on June 23 that restarts the stalled project.
- Legendary acquired the rights after they lapsed at Universal, where a version of the film was first optioned in 2020.
- The producing roster includes Scholastic executives Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman, Brownstone partners Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman and Alison Small, Marc Platt and Adam Siegel, and Legendary producers Mary Parent, Ali Mendes and Cale Boyter.
- No plot details, distributor or release date have been announced, leaving creative specifics and a release plan open while the film taps the franchise’s 40th anniversary and wide audience recognition.