EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has landed an untitled pitch that Oscar-winning animation director Patrick Osborne will helm from a script that will be written by Emma Needell.  The plot is being held under wraps, but it's in the vein of The Jungle Book and The Wizard of Oz that centers on a young boy who travels to a fantasy…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney is in discussions with Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films and David Oyelowo's Yoruba Saxon to come on board and produce feature project The Water Man, written by newbie writer Emma Needell. This is a fairytale moment for Needell, fittingly given she has now closed her deal with the studio. The Water Man is…