The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

by Jeff Kinney

  “DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL”

  JASON DRUCKER

  ALICIA SILVERSTONE

  TOM EVERETT SCOTT

  CHARLIE WRIGHT

  OWEN ASZTALOS

  Costume Designer

  MARY CLAIRE HANNAN

  Music Supervisor

  JULIA MICHELS

  Music by

  EDWARD SHEARMUR

  Film Editor

  TROY TAKAKI, ACE

  Production Designer

  AARON OSBORNE

  Director of Photography

  ANTHONY B. RICHMOND, ASC/BSC

  Executive Producers

  JEFF KINNEY

  TIMOTHY M. BOURNE

  DAVID BOWERS

  Produced by

  NINA JACOBSON, P.G.A.

  BRAD SIMPSON, P.G.A.

  Based upon the book by

  JEFF KINNEY

  Screenplay by

  JEFF KINNEY and DAVID BOWERS

  Directed by

  DAVID BOWERS

  © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

  DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, WIMPY KID and the Greg Heffley image are trademarks of Wimpy Kid, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Illustrations are © 2010 Wimpy Kid, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  FOX 2000 PICTURES

  PRESENTS A

  COLOR FORCE

  PRODUCTION

  “DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL”

  JASON DRUCKER ALICIA SILVERSTONE TOM EVERETT SCOTT CHARLIE WRIGHT OWEN ASZTALOS

  COSTUME

  DESIGNER

  MARY CLAIRE HANNAN

  MUSIC

  SUPERVISOR

  JULIA MICHELS

  MUSIC

  BY

  EDWARD SHEARMUR

  FILM

  EDITOR

  EDWARD SHEARMUR,

  ACE

  PRODUCTION

  DESIGNER

  AARON OSBORNE

  DIRECTOR OF

  PHOTOGRAPHY

  ANTHONY B. RICHMOND,

  ASC/BSC

  EXECUTIVE

  PRODUCERS

  JEFF KINNEY TIMOTHY M. BOURNE DAVID BOWERS

  PRODUCED

  BY

  NINA JACOBSON,

  p.g.a.

  BRAD SIMPSON,

  p.g.a.

  BASED UPON

  THE BOOK BY

  JEFF KINNEY

  SCREENPLAY

  BY

  JEFF KINNEY

  AND

  DAVID BOWERS

  DIRECTED

  BY

  DAVID BOWERS

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Thanks to everyone who helped me put this book together. Thanks

  to Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson for being my partners on the

  Wimpy Kid films. Thanks to David Bowers for directing The Long

  Haul, for your insights into filmmaking, and for the bonus photos

  and storyboards. Thanks to Dan McFadden for the fantastic unit

  photography and for helping kids get a behind-the-scenes look at

  the moviemaking process. Thanks to Aaron Osborne for bringing the

  Wimpy Kid universe to life with so much enthusiasm and joy. Thanks

  to Ken Terry for getting me the shots I needed during your crunch

  time. And thanks to Rose Locke for being so much fun.

  Thanks to everyone at Fox, especially Elizabeth Gabler and Greg

  Moridian, for being champions of these books. Thanks to Nick D’Angelo

  for helping get this movie off the ground. Thanks to the production

  team, art department, and to all the graphic artists, set designers, and

  set decorators whose work I’ve displayed in this book. Thanks to Tony

  O’Dell for returning to the Wimpy Kid movies as an acting coach and

  for being a good friend. Thanks to Max Graenitz and your team for

  doing such a great job of animating the characters. Thanks to Nicole

  Spiegel for all your help in pushing this project forward!

  Thanks to Jason Drucker and the entire cast for being such a big part

  of the Wimpy world.

  Thanks to all the great folks at Abrams for pulling off the impossible and

  getting this book out on time, especially Charlie Kochman, Samantha

  Hoback, Amy Vreeland, Masha Gunic, Chad W. Beckerman, Veronica

  Wasserman, and Alison Gervais.

  Thanks to my agent, Sylvie Rabineau, for being a guiding force and a

  great friend. Thanks to my lawyers, Paul Sennott and Keith Fleer, for

  all your help over the years.

  GO ON A MOVIE-MAKING

  JOURNEY

  OF EPIC PROPORTIONS IN

  THE WIMPY KID MOVIE DIARY:

  THE NEXT CHAPTER

  Making a movie is a lot like going on a road trip. There are twists

  and turns and lots of surprises along the way.

  Hit the road with author and illustrator Jeff Kinney and get a

  behind-the-scenes look at the making of the latest 20th Century

  Fox movie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.

  Find out what it takes to film a flock of seagulls invading a minivan.

  Learn about a robot pig and an animatronic three-year-old. And

  discover everything that goes into making a feature film.

  Complete with exclusive set photos, storyboards, and original

  cartoons by Jeff Kinney, The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next

  Chapter is the perfect book for anyone who's ever wondered how

  a movie gets made. But buckle up: You're in for a wild ride!

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