Magic School Bus Live Action Film with Elizabeth Banks

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Magic School Bus Writer Joanna cole Passes Away!

Post by gaastra » July 15th, 2020, 8:07 pm

And now we lost the writer of the magic school bus books Joanna cole.

https://comicbook.com/irl/news/magic-sc ... ssed-away/

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Re: Magic School Bus Writer Joanna cole Passes Away!

Post by earlperry » July 13th, 2021, 12:55 am

I'm so sad about this loss. Joanna Cole was an early spark to my childhood imagination and love for fantasy and sci-fi. Her books were so entertaining as a kid. She will be missed.

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Magic School Bus Live Action Film with Elizabeth Banks

Post by gaastra » July 13th, 2021, 5:27 pm

Elizabeth Banks will star in a live action magic school bus movie.

She will be the teacher.

Man the timing of this is kinda creepy as the creator of magic school bus has just passed away.

https://collider.com/magic-school-bus-m ... eth-banks/

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Re: Magic School Bus Live Action Film with Elizabeth Banks

Post by Dacey » July 13th, 2021, 5:32 pm

Didn’t the author actually pass away a year ago?
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Re: Magic School Bus Live Action Film with Elizabeth Banks

Post by gaastra » July 13th, 2021, 5:44 pm

Oops. She passed away last year. Your right. Sorry. Still sad she is gone.

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Re: Magic School Bus Live Action Film with Elizabeth Banks

Post by Daniel » July 13th, 2021, 6:48 pm

I hope they take chances, make mistakes, and get messy with this movie! ;)

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Re: Magic School Bus Live Action Film with Elizabeth Banks

Post by Randall » July 13th, 2021, 9:17 pm

Banks has also been attached to the film for over a year. That Collider article is from June 2020, i.e. before the author even died.

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Re: Magic School Bus Live Action Film with Elizabeth Banks

Post by EricJ » July 14th, 2021, 12:39 am

Yes, this would be back when Banks was lining up a LOT of vanity projects to write, direct and star, although I'm not quite sure if this was before or after her attempt at Sony's "Charlie's Angels" reboot...Don't feel bad if you don't remember it.

In this case, I suspect Scholastic is on another IP push, which is why we're also getting that weird-looking Clifford movie.

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Re: Magic School Bus Live Action Film with Elizabeth Banks

Post by Ben » July 14th, 2021, 5:33 am

A lot of new old news here! :)

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