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.
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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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