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Brenda Chapman will write and a direct live-action hybrid feature based on Claribel Ortega’s upcoming novel, Ghost Squad, which will be published by Scholastic.

Scholastic Entertainment, the media division of Scholastic, producer Josephson Entertainment (Enchanted, Aliens in the Attic, Life as We Know It) and ‘Twas Entertainment are developing and producing the project. The story follows Lucely and her best friend, Syd, two outcast kids living in the famously old St. Augustine, Florida. In efforts to right a past wrong-doing, the pair casts a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits right before Halloween. Together, they must join forces with Syd’s witchy grandmother, Babette, and her tubby tabby, Chunk, to fight the haunting head-on and reverse the curse to save the town – and Lucely’s firefly ancestors – before it’s too late.

The book is slated for release in April. Barry Josephson and D. Matt Geller will produce the adaptation on behalf of Josephson Entertainment along with Scholastic Entertainment’s Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman. Kevin Lima and Josie Rosen are overseeing the project for ‘Twas Entertainment.