EXCLUSIVE: Game Change and The Butler screenwriter Danny Strong has been tapped to script a Disney remake of the beloved musical Oliver! which has Tommy Kail, a Tony winner for Hamilton, directing. Marc Platt (La La Land) and Cube Vision’s Jeff Kwatinetz and Ice Cube (Straight Outta Compton) are producing for the Walt Disney Co. Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist chronicles the journey of an orphan boy who escapes the harsh conditions of a workhouse and falls in with a group of young thieves overseen by the villainous Fagin — “the receiver of stolen goods” — who will be portrayed by Ice Cube. Danny Strong Hired To Script Walt Disney’s Remake Of ‘Oliver!’
