Sam Mendes, who helmed the last two James Bond films, is in very early talks to direct Disney’s upcoming live-action “James and the Giant Peach,” a source with knowledge of the film confirmed to TheWrap.
Nick Hornby is also in early talks to write the screenplay.
Disney released an animated version of the 1961 Roald Dahl novel back in 1996, and it made $28.9 million at the box office. That movie was live action for the first 20 minutes, and then it transitioned into stop-motion animation while the title character is inside the peach. Susan Sarandon starred as the main voice actor in the film, which was directed by Henry Selick.