"Indie animation house Vinton Studios has made a preemptive high-six-figure deal for the rights to children's novel "The Wall and the Wing," with Henry Selick ("The Nightmare Before Christmas", "The Corpse Bride") attached to direct the project as a CGI feature. The magical adventure book will be published by HarperCollins in 2006. Vinton will also work on an animated feature of Roald Dahl's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" for Revolution..." (full details)
"VFX man John Dykstra ("Spider-Man 2") is suiting up for a ride on Columbia Pictures' "Hot Wheels" as visual effects designer for director McG rather than sign on for "Spider-Man 3", saying "I'm an adrenaline junkie; it's an avocation. And what's cool about 'Hot Wheels' is it allows us to explore the language of cars." Scott Stokdyk, who also won an Oscar for his work on "Spider-Man 2," has stepped in to fill Dykstra's shoes on "Spider-Man 3"..." (full details)
"Paramount has purchased film rights to "Prep," Curtis Sittenfeld's first novel, and set it with producers John Goldwyn and Sara Colleton. Set at an elite Boston boarding school, book centers on an angst-ridden teen girl from Indiana who battles loneliness and misery with humor as she struggles to fit in..." (full details)
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