Sabrina Carpenter to Lead Alice in Wonderland Musical Film

Sabrina Carpenter, the Grammy-nominated pop star known for hits like "Espresso," is set to make her leading film role in an untitled musical inspired by Lewis Carroll's classic 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The project, announced this week by Universal Pictures, marks a return to acting for Carpenter after years focused on her music career, with the singer also producing through her At Last Productions banner.

The film will be written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, whose previous credits include the HBO series Succession, for which she received an Emmy nomination, and the feature films Hustlers and The Meddler. Producers on the project include Marc Platt through his Universal-based Platt Productions, as well as Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz Dutton via Alloy Entertainment, the company behind television series such as Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars. Universal's senior vice president of production development Ryan Jones and director of production development Jacqueline Garell are overseeing the film for the studio, with Katie McNicol handling duties for Platt Productions.

Details about the plot remain under wraps, but the movie represents a fresh take...