Walden Media and the Walt Disney Co. are closer to the beginning of production on their next collaboration, "Bridge to Terabithia" after their success with the recent "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe".
Josh Hutcherson ("Little Manhattan", "Zathura") has been cast in the lead role in "Bridge to Terabithia," which starts lensing later this month in New Zealand reports Variety.
Pic, to be helmed by Gabor Csupo, is based on Katherine Paterson's famed novel about a boy whose life is changed when he befriends an outsider. The two create a world called Terabithia, an imaginary kingdom filled with giants, trolls and other magical beings.
