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‘Casper’ Live-Action Series Lands at Disney+ From Rob Letterman, Hilary Winston and Steven Spielberg
Casper the Friendly Ghost will get the live-action series treatment at Disney+.
Disney+ has landed the rights to a TV take on beloved character Casper the Friendly Ghost in a competitive bidding war, TheWrap has learned. The project hails from Rob Letterman and Hilary Winston, who executive produce Disney+’s “Goosebumps” series, as well as Steven Spielberg, who served as an EP on the 1995 “Casper” movie starring Christina Ricci.
Letterman is attached to direct, executive produce and write the series while Winston serves as a writer and EP and Spielberg serves solely in an executive producing role.
The series is produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, as well as DreamWorks Animation TV.
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