Piranha 3D screenwriter Josh Stolberg has revealed that he is writing a secret Hasbro project along with co-writer Bobby Florsheim. Here’s what Josh Stolberg had to say about this untitled Hasbro project, which will tie in several of the toy company’s brands.
Josh Stolberg and Bobby Florsheim are also working on a remake of the 1955 classic To Catch a Thief for producer Neal H. Moritz. Here’s what he had to say on the progress of that remake, which will be updated with modern-day gadgets.
“Bobby [Florsheim] and I just signed up to do a film for Hasbro that we’re incredibly excited about - it’s a big family film and we get to play around with a lot of Hasbro brands, but at the end of the day it’s just a great father-kid relationship story kind of, in a Night at the Museum-kind of template.”
The writer also has Man-Witch in development at Warner Bros. with Todd Phillips and Zach Galifianakis still attached as well.
“I wrote, with Bobby [Florsheim], a remake of To Catch a Thief for Paramount. Neal H. Moritz is producing, and it’s exciting because it’s one of my favourite Hitchcock movies and it was fun to come at it from a different angle - make it a little bit more modern and ‘gadgety.’ It’s the first script that I’ve ever written that [encompasses] a lot of heists and action sequences and.. it was a blast! I’m really excited. We just turned in the script to the studio a couple of months ago and they’re working on casting now. It takes place in Santarini… it’s a travelogue of the most amazing places on Earth.. it’s gonna be a fun, fun ride I think.”
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“Todd [Phillips, the producer] came onboard, he connected to the material. We wrote it for Warner Bros. It’s an original screenplay about a guy who finds out he is the one male witch born every century, and the male witch is typically responsible for the biggest human disasters in human history - the fall of the Roman Empire, the Great Depression. So this guy has to go to the witch training academy with a bunch of pre-pubescent little girls to learn how to control his powers before he destroys the world. Jack Black was attached for a while, he’s no longer attached. Zach Galifianakis was attached, and still might be attached… though I’m not quite sure.”
