How a little storybook took a long journey to the screen.
This is the story of how a great big giant took baby steps to the screen.
There were a lot of different scripts.
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And one of the challenges, obviously, was how to do it, Marshall added.
That wouldnt work very well.
So it would have not made it, in my opinion.
That was the biggest challenge, Kennedy said.
THE FIRST STEPS
The producers first became aware of the story in 1993, while making the comedyMilk Money.
During breaks between filming, Kennedy found the three boys from the movie sitting around reading.
I said, Its really great to see you guys reading books.
And all three of them said that they lovedThe BFG and Id never heard of it, she said.
It was his favorite book of all the books he had written.
As they developed the script, the plan was to have Williams who was on a family-friendly streak withAladdinandMrs.
Robin spent a lot of time with us actually doing cast readings and he was hilarious, Kennedy says.
He would have been a great BFG.
Two factors finally brought the story back into active development.
And two, the filmmaking technology had evolved to a point where the story was actuallydo-able.
I think that you get performances that are really, really magical.
While working onPonyo, Mathison got the bug back to get back into writing.
Shes voracious reader so Ive over the years always talked to Melissa about books.
And she said, Yes.
Thats when another giant stepped in.
Once that happened, there was no stopping it.
The BFGfinally arrives in theaters on July 1.
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