<p>MGM is developing a new live-action <em>Pink Panther</em> feature with <em>Sonic the Hedgehog</em> helmer Jeff Fowler directing the film. </p>.<p>According to The Wrap, <em>Bad Boys for Life</em> co-writer Chris Bremner will pen the CGI-hybrid reimagining for the studio.</p>.<p>Lawrence Mirisch, Julie Andrews Edwards of Geoffrey Productions, Rideback’s Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are producing the project. </p>.<p>Wal ter Mirisch and Rideback’s Ryan Halprin will serve as executive producers.</p>.<p><em>Pink Panther</em> was originally created for MGM by writer-director Blake Edwards in partnership with producer Walter Mirisch. The first <em>Pink Panther</em> movie released in 1963 and was followed by nine other installments, all written and directed by Edwards.</p>.<p>The films were followed by <em>The Pink Panther Show,</em> which started its television run in 1969 and ran through 1994. </p>.<p>“Popular the world over, the legacy of the iconic Pink Panther has endured for more than 50 years and continues to be discovered by new generations.</p>.<p>“We are so happy to come together with Jeff, Chris, Larry, Julie, Dan, Jonathan, Walter and Ryan to bring one of MGM’s most well-loved franchise back to the big screen and in a way audience have never seen before," Michael De Luca, MGM Film Group Chairman and Pamela Abdy, MGM Film Group President, said in a joint statement</p>
<p>MGM is developing a new live-action <em>Pink Panther</em> feature with <em>Sonic the Hedgehog</em> helmer Jeff Fowler directing the film. </p>.<p>According to The Wrap, <em>Bad Boys for Life</em> co-writer Chris Bremner will pen the CGI-hybrid reimagining for the studio.</p>.<p>Lawrence Mirisch, Julie Andrews Edwards of Geoffrey Productions, Rideback’s Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich are producing the project. </p>.<p>Wal ter Mirisch and Rideback’s Ryan Halprin will serve as executive producers.</p>.<p><em>Pink Panther</em> was originally created for MGM by writer-director Blake Edwards in partnership with producer Walter Mirisch. The first <em>Pink Panther</em> movie released in 1963 and was followed by nine other installments, all written and directed by Edwards.</p>.<p>The films were followed by <em>The Pink Panther Show,</em> which started its television run in 1969 and ran through 1994. </p>.<p>“Popular the world over, the legacy of the iconic Pink Panther has endured for more than 50 years and continues to be discovered by new generations.</p>.<p>“We are so happy to come together with Jeff, Chris, Larry, Julie, Dan, Jonathan, Walter and Ryan to bring one of MGM’s most well-loved franchise back to the big screen and in a way audience have never seen before," Michael De Luca, MGM Film Group Chairman and Pamela Abdy, MGM Film Group President, said in a joint statement</p>