Sabrina Carpenter is set to star in and produce an untitled musical film inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland for Universal Pictures, Lorene Scafaria (Succession, Hustlers) will write and direct the project, from her own script.
The project will mark Carpenter’s first major studio film, with Marc Platt on board to produce through Universal-based Marc Platt Productions, with Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton producing through Alloy Entertainment.
Carpenter is perhaps best known for playing Maya Hart on the ‘Boy Meets World’ spinoff series, ‘Girl Meets World.’ Other credits include Prime Video’s Emergency, the indie drama The Short History of the Long Road, Tall Girl at Netflix, and 20th Century Fox’s The Hate U Give alongside Amandla Stenberg.
First published in 1865, Carroll’s classic children’s novel follows a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole and lands in a fantasy world of talking creatures. The story has inspired numerous film and television adaptations over the years, including Disney’s 1951 animated classic, as well as Tim Burton’s live-action 2010 film, starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, and Helena Bonham Carter, and its 2016 sequel directed by James Bobin. Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland‘ (2010) grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, and the sequel film ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ (2016) from James Bobin grossed nearly $300 million.
A two-time Grammy winner, Carpenter’s album Man’s Best Friend debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 upon its release in August, amassing over 180 million streams in the U.S. within the first week. She was also just nominated for six Grammys for Man’s Best Friend, including Album of the Year, and Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Music Video for “Manchild.”
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