
It was also reported that Tom Hanks has turned down the role of Geppeto. Chris Weitz will also produce the film with Andrew Milano. In October 2019, it was announced that Robert Zemeckis was in talks to replace King as director, while Chris Weitz had written a new script along with King and Simon Farnaby. In January 2019, it was announced that Paul King had quit as the director due to family reasons. In November 2018, Tom Hanks had entered early talks to play Geppetto. On August 21, 2018, Weitz revealed that the script was still in development and that filming was expected to occur in England and Italy, beginning at some point in 2019. In May 2017, Sam Mendes had reportedly been chosen to direct the film, with Cinderella writer Chris Weitz writing write the screenplay, but in February 2018, Paul King had been confirmed, with Jack Thorne being set to rewrite Weitz's script. Lorraine Bracco as Sofia the Seagull a new character.Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jiminy Cricket.The main performances aren't bad (though nearly all supporting roles are forgettable), the messages are ultimately positive, but parents may feel a little bit uncomfortable with the frequent literal zoning in on Heigl at the expense of more substance. Unfortunately, it falls a bit into stereotypes about being smart versus being popular or fashionable, and because the camera spends so much time literally panning Heigl's body in mini-skirts, and because her looks, and the affections of her boyfriend and dressing in a risque way becomes such a routine part of the plot (which involves a lot of kissing, some welcomed catcalls, and a striptease-style dance), it moves the material into a more mature zone.


Here, Heigl and Harrison have good chemistry, and having them both long for the same boyfriend and ultimately forced to appreciate each other's strengths and weaknesses makes for some nice insights into sibling rivalry and grass-is-greener thinking about other's lives. What would happen if you could trade places with someone with a better life than you, even for a few days? Movies like Big, 13 Going on 30, and Freaky Friday all trafficked in the same what-if scenario to better results, but Wish Upon a Star is not entirely without its charms. WISH UPON A STAR works an appealing but somewhat overdone premise.
