Gal Gadot and her husband and producing partner, Jaron Varsano, are teaming up with FOX Entertainment Studios and Moriah Media on a film adaptation of Don't Feed the Lion, the novel for tweens about confronting antisemitism by broadcast journalists Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi, the companies announced Wednesday.Gadot and Varsano will serve as executive producers through their company, Pilot Wave Motion Pictures. FOX Entertainment Studios and Moriah Media, the storytelling arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, will option, develop, and produce the film.Published by Arcadia Children's Books, the novel follows Theo Kaplan, a 13-year-old Jewish boy in Chicago whose soccer idol posts an antisemitic message online that goes viral. As the hatred spreads into their middle school, Theo, his younger sister, Annie, and their classmate Gabe, who is part Korean, must contend with prejudice and peer pressure, find allies, and decide how to speak out.The story also unfolds around Friday-night Shabbat dinners with Theo and Annie's immigrant grandparents. The title comes from their grandfather's advice not to “feed the lion” by letting fear, panic, or hatred grow.“This is a story that feels especially personal to us, both as parents and as a family,” Gadot and Varsano said in a joint statement.
Gal Gadot to adapt children's novel 'Don't Feed the Lion' about antisemitism into film
“This is a story that feels especially personal to us, both as parents and as a family,” Gadot and her husband and producing partner, Jaron Varsano, said in a joint statement.
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Gal Gadot and her husband and producing partner, Jaron Varsano, are teaming up with FOX Entertainment Studios and Moriah Media on a film adaptation of Don't Feed the Lion, the novel for tweens about confronting antisemitism by broadcast journalists Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi, the companies announced Wednesday.Gadot and Varsano will serve as executive producers through their company, Pilot Wave Motion Pictures.
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