NOTE: This list does not cover films using Carroll's characters only, so Come Away and Dorothy and Alice are not included.
This list comes with a massive disclaimer, some these film versions are in production or development, and so some in development stage could still get scrapped!A list of upcoming film works based on Carroll.
Based on the Alice books:
Alice Dos Anjos (Alice in Backlands) (RELEASED)Director: Daniel Leite Almeida
Country: Brazil
Status: TV release, festival apperances habitually.
Studios: ato3producoes
Social Media: Instagram, Facebook
Runtime: 76 minutes
Carroll's Alice as relocated to the Brazilian outback. When little Alice sees an unusual black goat and follows it, she stumbles into a strange and brilliant world of wonders: a world that is also under threat from a local colonel.
2023 appearances on Brazilian TV channel ARTE1 in official TV broadcasts. Can be found online. Still keeping its entry here as a sequel, Alice Remembers, is currently in very early writing stages.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There
Director: Grace Tarducci
Country: US
A horror fantasy version of Through the Looking-Glass which combines the book with modern city scenes. Using a combination of stop motion and live action. Currently crowdfunding.
Alice Through the Looking
Director: Adam Donen
Country: UK
Status: Multiple festival appearances, awaiting information (as of mid 2024)
Studios: 12 Battalion Productions
Social media: Instagram, facebook, twitter
Biting political satire and whimsy mesh together in this modern reinterpretation of Alice for adults. Set on the day of the infamous 2016 UK referendum on EU membership, Alice stumbles into an alternate London that is quite strange but oddly familiar...
In 2022, played small scale UK festivals. In 2023 played a US festival. Official release date unknown.
Lost in Wonderland (AKA: Get Lost)
Director: Daniela Amavia
Country: USA
Status: Completed, awaiting world premiere (late 2023)
Studios: Patriot Pictures, Greca Entertainment
Grieving backpacker Alicia is lead into a strange nocturnal version of Budapest after following a young teenager. As the film nears completion, a complete cast list has been released via IMDB, and we can now see many characters mirror those of Carroll's original. Likely to be some form of adaptation.
Trailer has popped up online as of late 2024, dating from 2023. IMDB has some official press promo shots. Confirmed in a podcast by Patriot Pictures as 1 of 2 films with target 2024 release date.
GameGirl
Director: Marina Andree Skop
Country: Czechia
Status: in early development (Mid 2024).
Studios: 8 Heads Productions
Family film adaptation in early development from Czechia. Little info avalible so far. A 12 year old Alice accidentally gets stuck in a strange gaming world after an explosive family argument.
Алиса в стране чудес (Alisa v strane Chudes)
Director: Yuriy Khmelnitskiy
Country: Russia
Status: In production (Late 2024)
Studios: Gazprom Media, MTS Media, Mediaslovo
Musical film adaptation set around a city, with mountain, desert, and forest locales all featuring according to official info. 15 year old Alisa finds a Wonderland where the sun never sets, and time doesn't exist. There dwell people who remind her a little of those she knows, but with eccentric characteristics. She soon learns the place is under threat.
Alice
Director: Ross Evans
Country: USA
Status: Script being written (as of January 2021)
Studios: Netflix, Alloy Productions
Alice stumbles into a world of wonder at a music festival. Currently unknown how Carroll based the film will be.
2024 update: Currently the status is totally unknown, and no one online seems to know if this project is going ahead or is abandoned.
In the Land of Wonder (في أرض العجائب)
Director: Nadine Khan (نادين خان)
Country: Egypt, Sweden
Status: In pre production (as of August 2021)
Studios: MAD productions, Anagram Sweden, Les Contes Modernes.
A modern adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice, transported to Cairo. When ten year old Alice sees the rabbit belonging to her magician father scramble out of the house carrying a watch, she's drawn into a bizarre city which vaguely resembles her home. Last update was in 2021. Due to CG needed and time, the project will take a long while to be made.
Ali in 333
Director: Kacee Devoe
Country: USA
Status: Early development
Little is known about this fantasy drama, currently listing on IMDB as of January 2023, only that it is a modern take on Carroll's Alice. Devoe has directed several popular music videos so far.
Alice in Funderland
Director: Philip McMahon (unconfirmed)
Country: Ireland
Status: in early development (as of 2021)
Studios: Treasure Entertainment ltd, Screen Ireland.
Adaptation of Dublin's Abbey Theatre's riotious musical aimed at an adult audience. Cork resident Alice enters a surreal version of Dublin where she meets various eccentrics and bohemians.
Based on Sylvie and BrunoSylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
Director: Michael Kostelnik
Status: Conceptual phase
Studios: ?
Runtime: ?
Very little about these films (currently at conceptual stage) is known. There is only one entry on IMDB:Sylvie and her younger brother Bruno escape the repressed Victorian era to explore a world of fantasy and wonderment.
If they do make it to production, they would be the first ever adaptations of this notoriously tricky source material. Its currently unknown if the plot will include the real world strand as well as the Outland stories.
