Levy's production company 21 Laps and 20th Century Fox have been given the rights to make Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by current rights-owner Jim Henson Co. Henson Co., brought the project to Levy's 21 Laps believing he has the necessary experience to turn the story "into a [money-making] high-concept family comedy."
As of right now, Levy sits in as just a producer, with no word as to whether or not he will direct. I'm hoping that Levy outsources that responsibility to someone a bit more capable of making a GOOD children's film, say one of the Pixar boys: Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird, or Pete Doctor. Otherwise, this may just be the contemporary destruction of a classic...
Source: Variety
