Disney is Adapting THE EXPLORERS CLUB Into a Movie
Disney is teaming up with producer Michael De Luca (The Social Network, Captain Phillips, Moneyball) to bring us a big screen adaptation of a book series called The Explorers Club. That’s the first book in a trilogy written by Adrienne Kress. The book won’t even be released until the Fall of 2016, but Disney obviously thinks it will make a great film franchise.
The story revolves around two ordinary kids who discover a secret clubhouse for explorers. These kids set out on an adventure to reunite and perhaps rescue a group of famous adventure-seekers who call themselves the Filipendulous Five.
This sounds like it could be a fun kid adventure film, kind of like The Goonies. Here’s an official description from the book:
The story follows a precocious boy whose life is sent spiraling into adventure after he discovers a pig in a teeny hat and returns it to its home at the mysterious Explorers Club.
Set in a similar world to Kress's other Children's Novels (ALEX AND THE IRONIC GENTLAMEN and TIMOTHY AND THE DRAGON'S GATE), two kids, Sebastian and Evie, set out to reunite the formerly famous explorer team the Filipendulous Five, who disbanded many years ago and no one knows why, in order to rescue their leader (who also happens to be Evie’s grandfather and only remaining living relative).
Via: Variety