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Zachary Levi to star in children’s book adaptation
The immense popularity that the book gained, led to multiple adaptations including animated shorts and television series.
Shazam! star Zachary Levi is all set to star in the live-action adaptation of Sony Pictures’ Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Harold and the Purple Crayon is a children’s book by Crockett Johnson that was published in 1955. It follows a four-year-old kid with an extraordinary imagination who crafts a world through the magical powers of a purple crayon.
The immense popularity that the book gained, led to multiple adaptations including animated shorts and television series. As per The Hollywood Reporter, a live-action adaptation is in works with Levi starring, with writers David Guion and Michael Handelman (Dinner for Schmucks) attached.