Carlos Saldanha, the director of animated films ?Rio? and most recently ?Ferdinand,? has signed on to direct a live-action feature adaptation of the classic children?s novel ?The Phantom Tollbooth? at TriStar, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. Ted Melfi (?Hidden Figures?) wrote the current draft of the screenplay, based on Norton Juster?s 1961 book, along with previous writers Michael Vukadinovich and Phil Johnston. Read the full article on The Wrap