Disney has already turned theme park attractions into movies such as “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Haunted Mansion.” Now it’s one step closer to turning the entire park into the basis of a movie. Jon Favreau is set to direct “Magic Kingdom,” Disney’s project centered around the Disneyland theme park in which attractions and characters come to life. The deal is a development pact for Favreau and the studio, which will now take steps to find a writer to reshape the original script by “Battlestar Galactica” showrunner Ron Moore. Whether it becomes Favreau’s next movie will depend on the script’s development, although the director, who is in post on next summer’s “Cowboys & Aliens, doesn’t have anything officially slotted. Among his other projects in development are “Me and My Monster” and “Johnny Zero,” both set up at Columbia. Strike Entertainment Marc Abraham and Eric Newman are producing “Kingdom.”
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