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"Joe Stillman, one of the writers of the "Shrek" movies, is going to adapt the upcoming kid-lit fantasy novel "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" for Fox 2000. Maverick Films is producing. The book, due next year, is the story of a young boy in modern-day America who discovers he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon and must avert a deadly war between the gods in order to save his mother..." (full review) "Paramount Pictures is on a "Mean Streak," pre-emptively buying a comedy pitch from "Shrek 2" writers J. David Stem and David N. Weiss for Guy Walks Into A Bar partners Jon Berg and Todd Komarnicki to produce. Story, based on an idea by Berg, centers on an elementary school teacher who's on a field trip to a mock-up of Salem, Mass., on the day he's being dumped by his fiance for being too nice. When he finds himself in a gift shop, a clerk dressed like a witch hears him wish he could be meaner and starts a curse that requires him to retaliate..." (full review) "Jay Wolpert is writing "Escape Artist" at DreamWorks. Pic is about a professional escape expert who is hired to break someone out of prison and is shocked to find out who he's liberated. Jason Hoffs is producing, while John Fox is overseeing for the studio..." (full review) Thanks to 'KC'.

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