Is Crockett Johnson’s Harold, of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” a child of color? If you’ve bought any of the “Harold” books ...

Whenever there is a movie based on a book, we always wonder what will be kept in the movie and what will be removed. With a ...

There’s Harold, of course, and there is indeed a purple crayon. The film, directed by Oscar-nominee Carlos Saldanha (“Ferdinand”), begins with an animated speed run through Johnson’s ...

Things are looking dire in the world of “Harold and the Purple Crayon” (for me, specifically), and then a savior arises out of nowhere. It is the east and Jemaine Clement is the sun.

Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955 classic, is one such story. During a recent event at the Library of Congress, ...

The only actor committed to the heart of “Harold and the Purple Crayon” is Bottani, because, of course, children more often sincerely buy into the transformative power of imagination.

Sony‘s Columbia Pictures has pushed back the release date for its live-action Harold and the Purple Crayon film by five months, from January 27 to June 30, 2023.. The film from Oscar-nominated ...

WHAT: “Harold and the Purple Crayon”: an adaptation of Crockett Johnson’s book by StageOne Family Theatre with script by Andrew Harris and Peter Holloway with original music by Ben Sollee.

By itself, the opening 10-minute salvo of Harold and the Purple Crayon — Carlos Saldanha’s live-action feature debut — is a thing of rare beauty, a near-perfect stand-alone preface that ...