The feature will mark the first time Steven Spielberg has directed a Disney-branded feature.
Mark Rylance stars alongside newcomer Ruby Barnhill and production is underway in Vancouver.
Spielberg directs from Melissa Mathison’s adaptation of the Roald Dahl children’s classic.
The Disney/Amblin/Reliance production in association with Walden Media will open in the US on July 1 2016 followed by the UK via eOne on July 22 – the 100th anniversary of Dahl’s birth
Speakers include David Puttnam, Kathleen Kennedy, Jane Featherstone, Jane Millichip and Caroline Dinenage.
Matthew Rankin’s absurdist caper first premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight
There are plans for three more films and a TV series in the cult crime franchise.
Production is set to commence in Los Angeles in October.
Marshall made a string of hits in the eighties and nineties, including A League Of Their Own.
Screen speaks to up-and-coming producers from Serbia, Greece, Georgia, Turkey and Bulgaria.
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