“Harriet the Spy” Coming to Disney Channel

By Jason Boog 

catalog_cover.gifCanadian production company 9 Story Entertainment just sold a live-action adaptation of the children’s classic “Harriet the Spy” to the Disney Channel–the book will become a television movie.

Here’s more from The Hollywood Reporter: The movie, based on the classic kids book series by Louise Fitzhugh, will bow worldwide on Disney Channels, a co-producer with 9 Story Entertainment. Nancy Steingard and Wendy Moss-Klein will executive produce.”

The original book follows the adventures of a young writer who learns the power of spying on her friends and writing about their lives. In 1996, the book was adapted into a theatrical film by the same name.