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Posted by: dreamywinxgirl94 Mar 3 2013, 5:22 AM

From http://www.unadinoi-winx.com/ and http://www.michaelsfavorites2.com/winxclub3/
They posted the article:

A Visit With the Walt Disney of Italy, Writer/Director Iginio Straffi

A native of Italy's Adriatic coast (near Bologna), Iginio Straffi's journey to becoming an entertainment mogul began with drawing comics at six years old and selling them to friends. He grew up to become a comic book artist before taking his talents to television and feature films.

Today, Straffi is best known as the creator of the Winx Club, an animated action/fantasy series seen in 130 countries, and the first Italian cartoon to be sold and broadcast in the U.S. (airing on Nickelodeon since Summer 2011). The Winx Club follows a group of modern fairies in the mystical dimension of Magix where they meet witches, warriors, and wizards from across the magical universe.

Straffi visited Los Angeles recently to receive L.A. Italia's (Los Angeles Italian Film Festival) Excellence Award. Soft spoken, and impeccably tailored, he greeted me in his Century City hotel suite. "The characters of Winx Club are all my children. They have my DNA [chuckles]. I am considering expanding the Winx characters into live action feature films as well."

Straffi is also the mastermind behind Huntik: Secrets & Seekers, an animated series about a high school boy who unleashes a world of magic when he discovers his father's secret amulet and journal. It airs in the U.S. on NickToons.

The popularity of Winx Club, Huntik, and Straffi's other creations from his Rainbow animation house have sparked an empire of toys, merchandising, and, as of last year, Italy's hottest new theme park, Rainbow Magic Land in Rome:

It is a big job to build a theme park from the ground up. It has taken six years to create and develop. It cost about 300 million Euros to create, which is about 400 million dollars. This year we are forecasting more of a foreign presence in the theme park as the characters grow in popularity worldwide, and we have land for expansion, and hotels, but that is all the next step. My favorite part of the park is for Huntik, the boy's adventure series similar in style to Indiana Jones. We used a sophisticated, expensive technology and have won awards for best attraction of the year. Imagine Spiderman at Universal Studios where you can interact with the story. You are immersed in the world with a huge screen fighting the monsters.

With no end to the movies, series, music, toys, and commercial directions his work may take, parallels to a young Walt Disney are strong:

Disney is the model for what we are doing. Nobody has done it bigger or better. We are a little more limited because we are starting from Europe compared to Disney originating from America and reaching a huge population in a large nation. If you are a hit in Italy then you have to work hard to translate that success to France, and England, and Germany, and so on. Each of these countries have their own cultural mentalities, and marketing approaches and it takes longer to build an audience. I'm learning that doing business in Los Angeles is very different than doing business in Italy. You have to get used to what the people say here is not always what they think, but it is an exciting new chapter for me to expand into America -- a new magical adventure if you will. (chuckles)

Straffi's film and television projects are well known through Europe and Asia, but now it's time for America to catch up, and they are. 2013 is shaping up to be a breakthrough year stateside as Paramount Pictures will distribute his animated feature, Gladiators of Rome 3D, this Summer. With a $45 million budget, it is one of the most expensive Italian films ever made, and already been a box office hit in Europe.

Straffi comments, "Animation is not just Pixar or Dreamworks; we have a top-quality product here, and the fact it's making its way to the U.S. market is very exciting."

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From Michael's comment, "With success in the Winx Power Show, Winx on Ice, and a live Winx show at Rainbow Magic Land, a live-action Winx movie seems only natural as a next step!"

It looks possible that Iginio Straffi is really interested into making Winx Club as Live Action Movie.
If this will happen....I really hope they choose the right cast. =S

I wonder how will they make the Live Action Movie as magical than ever.

Right now, the news is too early to tell. We have to wait for more news soon.

What do you all think? Do you want to see the Winx Club in Live Action Movie?

Posted by: mightymarty2 Mar 3 2013, 11:44 AM

I don't like the idea of live action. I have heard of seen bits or full movies of some of them and it has never once has it been better than the animated version would have been. Although CGI is improving massively I would have also thought that it would be more expensive than the same standard for normal animation

Posted by: RenaEnchantix Mar 3 2013, 2:14 PM

I would LOVE a Live Action Winx movie. I think it is too soon for a series of theatrical movies retelling the story of Winx, as it's still going on, but I feel like Nickelodeon could produce a live action Winx movie for television. They've been doing it for Fairly Odd Parents recently, which are cute, and Cartoon Network has done it for Ben 10 twice as well (with a third in production for theaters). They already have three television screen actresses playing Bloom, Musa, and Aisha who could easily reprise their roles in a live action version. I think all six voice actresses should play the Winx in a live action film though.

A live action winx TV movie would be a perfect way for the series to end, in my opinion. Winx has already mastered both traditional and flash 2D animation, and CGI 3D animation, branching into a new medium for a trifecta just makes sense. yeah, it might be awkward, but I feel like it could be pretty well done. they made Elizabeth Gillies fly in "We Are Believix" and it wasn't...terrible. it wasn't great either, but it wasn't terrible.

Posted by: winxclub-joy Mar 9 2013, 5:27 PM

NO, JUST NO. NO LIVE ACTION MOVIE. IGINIO STRAFFI,

It's not that I want Winx to be just animation or something. Live musical, performance for kids yeah. But Live featured films? No. Just no.

It's really terrible to bring animation to live action films, look at Dragon Ball and Avatar: The Last Airbender. So No. It's not terrible to have more live musical or performance... but live action movie based on the animation... just no. Sorry, but I do not want to watch or hear anymore movie that's based on animation anymore. Its just... to me it's a waste of VFX.

Posted by: Abby Apr 25 2013, 3:58 AM

I think that a live action movie would just be too corny. Unless he had a lot of money to do the special effects proper and they had great actresses and actors that wouldn't make the movie painful to watch....but I would not have high hopes for a live action movie.

I really love the stage musicals though and think that they should try to expand on those instead.

Posted by: P-girl Apr 25 2013, 3:06 PM

I don't think any actress could play a Winx Girl for me... or any other person from the Winx Cartoon. Their stylised bodies can in no way be emulated by a normal human.

Posted by: musa225 Apr 26 2013, 5:53 AM

oh plz no, no, no, no live movie. u ever see people dressed as the winx? this is just a BAD idea!

Posted by: musa225 Apr 26 2013, 5:57 AM

oh please no, no, no, no live action movie! u ever seen people dressed as the winx? and what actress is going to want to play any of them? no one is THAT skinny. this is just a BAD idea!

Posted by: musa225 Apr 27 2013, 3:50 AM

sorry for the double post

Posted by: Skeekers May 3 2013, 12:02 AM

Oh, no good can come from this......I think for most Americans this would be laughable. Has anyone seen the live action Sailor Moon? I can see the Winx going in that direction and it's probably not going to be pretty.

Posted by: P-girl May 3 2013, 3:09 PM

QUOTE (Skeekers @ May 3 2013, 12:02 AM)

Posted by: RenaEnchantix May 4 2013, 1:42 AM

The live action Sailor Moon is actually my favorite version of Sailor Moon. aside from the manga.