Fanning preparing to fall through DreamWorks' looking glass

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Thursday, August 26, 2004
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Young actress Dakota Fanning is set to play Lewis Carroll's Alice in a potential film franchise at DreamWorks. The blonde-haired little miss is closing a deal to star in a new ALICE IN WONDERLAND movie which, if it's a hit, could be followed by a sequel titled THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. Carroll's classic fantasy tomes are to be adapted by Les Bohem, the screenwriter behind the Sci Fi Channel's mini-series STEVEN SPIELBERG'S TAKEN in which Fanning had a plum role.

Convinced that the advances in special effects could bring Carroll's stories to life like never before, Bohem pitched the idea of a new adaptation of the books to DreamWorks honco Steven Spielberg. The plan is to adapt each of the books separately as individual films.


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