Jonny Sun to Write Live-Action/Animated Film PAPER LANTERNS

Author Jonny Sun will write the script for the live-action/animated family movie "Paper Lanterns," according to Variety. FOX Family, the division of 20th Century Fox, and Chernin Entertainment are teaming on the film.

The film pays homage to Chinese folklore in a contemporary manner. Vanessa Morrison, Nate Hopper, and Rachel Yeung will oversee the project on behalf of FOX Family.

Sun illustrated Lin-Manuel Miranda's New York Times bestseller "Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You," which was released in October by Penguin Random House.

Sun recently released the first novel under his three-book deal with HarperCollins Publishers imprint Harper Perennial, "Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book."

Sun is currently a writer on Season 6 of the Netflix series "BoJack Horseman."

Read the original article on Variety.