Tamblyn Puts On Pants        12-March-04

Scifi.com

Joan of Arcadia star Amber Tamblyn will star in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, a coming-of-age fantasy film based on the best-selling novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Writer/director Ken Kwapis will helm for Warner Brothers Pictures and Alcon Entertainment, the trade paper reported. Shooting is scheduled to begin in mid-May.

Written by Delia Ephron from the novel by Ann Brashares, the film centers on four friends who vow to keep in touch over the summer by circulating a magical pair of second-hand jeans that fits each of them perfectly.

 

Kwapis Joins Sisterhood        Monday, March 15, 2004

By Mark Umbach

Filmstew.com

 Joan of Arcadia's Amber Tamblyn takes one of the female leads in Warner Bros. feature.

Feature-television director Ken Kwapis has come on board to direct Amber Tamblyn in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants for Warner Bros. Pictures and Alcon Entertainment. Debra Martin Chase and Denise Di Novi will produce with Alcon's Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. Shooting is slated to begin in mid-May.

Based on the Ann Brashares novel of the same name, the screenplay was adapted by Delia Ephron. Pants tells the story of four girls who are separated for the first time. In order to keep in touch, they pass around a pair of magical jeans that fit each other perfectly. The three other leads are expected to be announced shortly.

Kira Davis and Steven Wagner will serve as co-producers for Alcon, as will Christine Sacani. Alison Greenspan and Leslie Morganstein are the executive producers.