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Article: HBO gets all dolled up.(Home Box Office Inc., American Girl Place sign deal to release American Girl, historical character)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- February 21, 2007
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HBO has sealed a hefty overall deal with American Girl--the children's retailer behind a popular series of lifelike dolls--that encompasses feature films as well as series, specials and documentaries.
As part of the pact, Picturehouse, the joint venture of HBO and New Line Cinema, will release the first American Girl live-action theatrical film.
Feature, based on the American Girl historical character Kit Kittredge, will be produced by Goldsmith-Thomas Prods. and Julia Roberts' Red Om Films (Daily Variety, July 25). Production will begin this summer on the pic, which revolves around a 9-year-old girl who endures hardships growing up during the Great ...