▁Part ridge ▁Family ▁ 2 2 0 0 ▁A . D ., ▁and ▁Steph enson ▁and ▁Mess ick ▁were ▁H anna - Bar ber a ▁regular s ▁who ▁regularly ▁l ent ▁their ▁voices ▁to ▁many ▁of ▁their ▁shows . ▁ ▁Production ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁anim ators ▁John ▁and ▁Fa ith ▁Hub ley ▁were ▁interested ▁to ▁purchase ▁the ▁film ▁rights ▁of ▁Charlotte ' s ▁Web ▁in ▁hopes ▁of ▁producing ▁a ▁feature - length ▁animated ▁adaptation . ▁E . B . ▁White , ▁who ▁had ▁liked ▁the ▁Hub le ys , ▁sold ▁the ▁film ▁rights , ▁but ▁the ▁Hub le ys ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁ac quire ▁financial ▁backing ▁and ▁the ▁project ▁l angu ished . ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁The ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁reported ▁that ▁White ▁had ▁sold ▁the ▁film ▁rights ▁to ▁Charlotte ' s ▁Web ▁to ▁Ed gar ▁Bron f man ▁Sr .' s ▁S ag itt arius ▁Produ ctions ▁who ▁intended ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁feature - length ▁animated ▁adaptation ▁of ▁the ▁book . ▁Director - produ cer ▁Michael ▁Camp us ▁was ▁h ired ▁to ▁super v ise ▁the ▁project . ▁Later , ▁in ▁November , ▁Henry ▁White , ▁president ▁of ▁S ag itt arius ▁Pictures , ▁and ▁Camp us ▁approached ▁director ▁Gene ▁De itch ▁to ▁direct ▁Charlotte ' s ▁Web . ▁De itch ▁agreed ▁and ▁personally ▁met ▁with ▁E . B . ▁White ▁to ▁discuss ▁how ▁the ▁book ▁should ▁be ▁adapted . ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁contract ▁deal ▁with ▁E . B . ▁White ,