EON Productions and Amazon MGM Studios are excited to announce they are collaborating on a reimagined film adaptation of CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. The much-loved children’s story about a magical flying car will be adapted for the screen by writer Enda Walsh (Small Things Like These) and will be directed by Matthew Warchus (Matilda the Musical, Pride).
Originally written by Ian Fleming as a bedtime story for his son Casper, the book was adapted into a screenplay by Roald Dahl, Ken Hughes with Richard Maibaum. In 1968, the film was released in cinemas starring Dick Van Dyke, directed by Ken Hughes, produced by Cubby Broccoli with production design by Ken Adam and a score and Academy-nominated song by the Sherman Brothers.
Image: Enda Walsh (L) and Matthew Warchus (R)