As the director of one of the most critically well-regarded superhero films in recent memory, Loganâs James Mangold pretty much has a blank check to make whatever movie he wants at the moment. (Heâs already signed up for a spin-off focused on X-23, plus a cop corruption drama in the vein of his Sylvester Stallone vehicle Copland.) Now, heâs choosing to spend that cachet on a giant kitty-cat, in the form of the kids book adaptation Crenshaw.
Based on a book from Newberry-winner Katherine Applegateâbest known for the Animorphs line of YA novelsâthe book centers on a young boy whose imaginary friend, the titular giant cat, offers him help to overcome his problems. As THR notes, itâs not clear where the Crenshaw adaptation will fit on Mangoldâs increasingly stuffed list of projects.
