VISTAAR ENTERTAINMENT INVESTS IN HEIDI TRILOGY
VISTAAR ENTERTAINMENT TO
INVESTS IN HEIDI TRILOGY
by Shrutee K/DNS
Mumbai : August 2015
: Vistaar Entertainment has announced that the company will invest in a trilogy cinematic
adaptation of Johanna Spyri’s classic ‘Heidi’, to be produced along with Simon
Wright of Big Tree Productions and former president of Working Title
(Television) and Goldfinch Entertainment's Kirsty Bell as the Executive
Producer.
The first of the trilogy
written by noted producer-writer Paul Watson will commence production this year
and is expected to hit screens mid 2016.
Speaking about the
same, Sheetal Vinod Talwar, Managing Director, Vistaar Entertainment said, “We
are very excited about working on bringing to life one of the best children’s
classics along with Simon and Paul. We believe that this will be a film that
will allow audiences to relive this classic and this adaptation will allow the
new generation of children to fall in love with the character all over.”
The first of the set of
three films has been tentatively titled “Heidi –Queen Of The Mountains” and
will be shot primarily in the European alpine regions revealed Simon Wright,
Producer and Founder, Big Tree Productions.
“Both Paul and Myself are
excited to be partnering with Vistaar in producing this film. We believe that
this is a tale for all ages and audiences are going to enjoy and live the magic
of this tale. Paul has done a fabulous job keeping in tact the essence of the
story yet adapting it so beautifully.” Said
Simon Wright, Founder, Big Tree Productions.
This multi million
pound investment into the trilogy comes right after the company’s involvement
in production of the Martin Freeman starrer “The Eichmann Show” (Released) ,
Sci-fi thriller “Genesis” (In Post Production), Mel Raido starrer “The Myth of
Hopelessness” (In Post production) and Onir’s Indian adaptation of Hamlet
titled ‘Veda’ (In Production) in addition to others.
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