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Little House On The Prairie Has Found A Director & A Home

Do you even want to see this film? THR is reporting Martha Marcy May Marlene' filmmaker Sean Durkin is attached to direct. The Little House on the Prairie movie project has landed at Paramount. The adaptation of the iconic TV series was previously in development at Sony, which picked it up in 2012 with Scott Rudin attached to produce. The title was put into turnaround last year. Now, the package — which includes Martha Marcy May Marlene filmmaker Sean Durkin, who is attached to direct, and the script by Abi Morgan — is setting up shop under the Melrose Ave. watertower. Little House aired on NBC from 1974 to 1983 and starred Michael Landon as the patriarch of a pioneer family living in the 1880s in the American Midwest. The show was known for its wholesome values and was a loose adaptation of the classic series of children's books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, who based it on her childhood. (Melissa Gilbert played Laura Wilder on the show.) Please Leave A Comment-

Come On. Do We Really Need A 'Little House on the Prairie' Movie?

Sean Durkin , the filmmaker behind Martha Marcy May Marlene , is now tackling a different sort of family drama and is in negotiations to direct Sony's adaptation of Little House on the Prairie . Prairie is best known as the iconic TV series that aired on NBC from 1974 to 1983 and starred Michael Landon as the patriarch of a pioneer family living in the 1880s in the American Midwest. The show was known for is wholesome values and was loosely based on a series of children's books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, who based it on her childhood. (Melissa Gilbert played Laura Wilder on the show.) Scott Rudin is producing the feature project, which has a script by Abi Morgan. David Gordon Green was previously on board to direct. Durkin's Martha Marcy was a well-reviewed psychological drama that starred Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson and John Hawkes , and told of a young woman who tries in vain to reintegrate into the family life of her sister after escaping from a cult. Pl...