Prince Charming, the sweetheart of many Disney princesses, is getting his own feature film.
“Wonka” filmmaker Paul King, who also directed the first two “Paddington” features, is directing Disney’s “Prince Charming.” King, Simon Barnaby and John Crocker are co-writing the screenplay, but plot details are yet to be confirmed. It is unknown whether the film will be made into a live-action or animated version.
In classic fairy tales, the character Prince Charming sets out to rescue a damsel in distress and save her from evil forces and stepmothers. See also: “Cinderella,” “Snow White,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Rapunzel,” and basically other 20th century (period, not movie studio) Disney movies. However, in those movies, he is usually a supporting character and not the main character. According to Deadline Hollywood, which broke the news of Martin Luther King Jr.’s involvement with the movie Prince Charming, Prince Charming was originally Cinderella’s love interest, but the project is not specifically related to the curfew-breaking princess. About.
King, the 46-year-old British director, most recently directed the origin story “Wonka,” starring Timothée Chalamet as the famous fictional chocolatier, to $218 million domestically and $634 million worldwide. . This commercial success was a pleasant surprise not only for Warner Bros., but also for the theater owners who benefited from the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” spin-off. King also directed the hit 2014 film Paddington and its 2017 sequel, which grossed a total of $615 million worldwide. Although he’s not directing the upcoming trilogy, titled “Paddington in Peru,” he’s helping write the latest adventure story about everyone’s favorite marmalade-loving bear.
