With his inspirational dramaWonderlanding in theaters this week, writer-directorStephen Chboskyhas lined up an exciting new gig reinventing one of the most milquetoast stock characters in the literary tradition – the fantasy staple, Prince Charming. PerTHR, Chbosky will offer a new spin on the fairy tale classic with the aptly titledPrince Charming, Disney’s revisionist reimagining of the trope and is set to write the script with an eye to direct.
Matt Fogelpenned the first script for the film, which skewers the image of the enduring character made famous by Disney’s classic princess films and “takes a look at the iconic prince from the point of view of his brother who never quite lived up to the family name.” In their animated fare, Disney has already taken to skewering their own tropes in recent years, including a clever twist on Prince Charming in their Oscar-winning pop culture phenomenon Frozen.
Prince Charmingreunites Chbosky with producersDavid HobermanandTodd Lieberman, who worked with the filmmaker onWonderand recently teamed up with Disney on their live-action adaptation ofBeauty and the Beast, which is holding strong as the biggest box office winner of 2017 (well, until a little thing calledStar Warscomes along anyway). Hoberman and Lieberman will produceCharmingalongsideTripp Vinson.
Cbosky also lent his talents toBeauty and the Beast, penning the screenplay for the Bill Condon-directed adaptation alongsideEvan Spiliotopoulos. Chbosky wrote the celebrated coming of age novelThe Perks of Being a Wallflower, and more than a decade later he went on to direct the film adaptation starringEmma Watson,Logan Lerman, andEzra Miller. Since then, he’s been keeping busy in the realm of filmmaking. His latest, theJulia RobertsandOwen Wilson-ledWondertells the story of a grade school boy born with a facial deformity who enters a mainstream school for the first time.
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