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'Nutcracker' to be adapted as action film?
Published Monday, Dec 7 2009, 21:33 GMT | By Aaron Broverman
According to The Hollywood Reporter, New Line Cinema has picked up a script from writer Darren Lemke, who previously wrote Bryan Singer project Jack the Giant Killer, that sees the classic Christmas ballet retooled for the action-adventure genre.
The original story centres on a 12-year-old girl who, along with her siblings, receives gifts from their inventor godfather on Christmas Eve. One toy is the Nutcracker and that night, the girl begins an adventure which includes a war involving a seven-headed Mouse King and his army of mice.
The piece has been adapted into several forms including film, animation, book and ballet. The updated script is said to be similar in tone to the Chronicles of Narnia series.
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