{
  "id": 2211711,
  "title": "Kali Bailey Adapting L. Frank Baum’s ‘The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus’ For Monarch Media",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/kali-bailey-adapting-l-frank-baums-the-life-and-adventures-of-santa",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-20T19:52:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/the-life-and-adventures-of-santa-claus-movie-monarch-media-1237046625/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Monarch Media has enlisted Kali Bailey to adapt the screenplay for The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, a live-action feature adaptation of the children’s book by L. Frank Baum. First published in 1902, Baum’s book follows Santa Claus from an abandoned baby in a magical forest near Oz, to his beloved role of spreading peace, […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}