Movies: The Wind in the Willows 

A $30 million live-action and animatronics version of Ken neth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows is in development. Variety reported that plans call for "a fall shoot in New Zealand, with Peter Jackson's visual effects company Weta Workshop onboard." Ray Griggs (Super Capers, I Want Your Money) will direct and produce.

Griggs, owner and president of RG Entertainment, told Variety "he's raised the funds through private investors and is expecting to announce cast members soon. He plans to record the dialogue first and shoot the film with the actors in animal costumes with state-of-the-art animatronics being used to duplicate facial expressions."

From Shelf Awareness