'Anne of Green Gables' comes to the big screen 鈥� as a musical
The stage musical version of L.M. Montgomery's novel, which is performed annually at the Charlottetown Festival on Prince Edward Island, will be turned into a film.
The stage musical version of L.M. Montgomery's novel, which is performed annually at the Charlottetown Festival on Prince Edward Island, will be turned into a film.
The famous redheaded heroine Anne Shirley is set to hit the big screen.
The stage musical adaptation of L.M. Montgomery鈥檚 children鈥檚 novel will become a film from Side Road Media and the company Film Farm. 鈥淎nne of Green Gables 鈥� The Musical鈥� is performed at the Charlottetown Festival on Prince Edward Island, the novel鈥檚 setting, every year and has been part of the festival since 1965.聽
Actress and writer Kristen Thomson is adapting the show for the screen and Kelley Harron, daughter of one of the show鈥檚 original co-writers, Don Harron, is serving as one of the movie鈥檚 producers.
鈥淏eing Canadian, you kind of forget how Lucy Maud Montgomery made a legacy around the world with this beloved, iconic character,鈥� Harron told the CBC. 鈥淪o it's super-exciting.鈥�
According to Film Farm, the movie will be shot on Prince Edward Island, and Harron said the production is looking for a Canadian director to take on the film, according to the CBC.聽
The show has been performed off-Broadway in New York, has been staged in London, and has toured around the world.
鈥淎nne鈥� was first published in 1908 and was followed by seven sequels. The first book tells the story of the title heroine, an imaginative orphan who comes to live with an elderly brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, by mistake 鈥� the two were looking for a boy to help with the farm work.
The most well-known adaptation of Anne鈥檚 story is the 1985 TV version which starred actress Megan Follows, who also later played the character in the TV movie 聽鈥淎nne of Avonlea鈥� and a TV program not based on Montgomery鈥檚 novels titled 鈥淎nne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.鈥� The last big-screen adaptation of the novel was in 1934, when an actress named Dawn O'Day, who later named herself after her role of Anne Shirley, took on the part.