"Worldwide Biggies and Ilion Animation Studios are teaming to produce the $50 million CG theatrical release "Planet One". "Shrek" and "Shrek 2" scribe Joe Stillman will pen the script. The story chronicles an alien race that is terrified of a human invasion. The film is slated for release in first-quarter 2008. The look will meld retro Salvador Dali with a pop culture-infused sensibility..." (full details)
Odd Lot Entertainment has bought "The Grudge" scribe Stephen Susco's "Zero Dark Thirty" for genre label Dark Lot Entertainment to produce. John Stalberg Jr. is set to direct the thriller, which follows a U.S. Army solider who returns home from the Middle East -- in body only. Soon, his tranquil small town is gripped by strange and violent events..." (full details)
DreamWorks has acquired the Kavvya Viswanathan novel "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life". Actress-turned-scribe Kara Holden will adapt. Story follows the title character, whose life has been driven by one goal: being admitted to Harvard. But when her admissions interview goes south and her future seems to be slipping, Opal is forced to re-examine her choices..." (full details)
