"New Line has picked up the holiday comedy "Four Christmases" after it had been put into turnaround by Sony. Penned by Matt Allen and Caleb Wilson, script centers on a young couple, each of whose parents have divorced and married other people, leaving the newlyweds with four parental households to visit on Christmas Day..." (full details)

New Line has tapped Seth Bass and Jonathan Tolins to pen "SantaKid". Based on James Patterson's children's book, the comedy centers on the 10-year-old daughter of the billionaire who's acquired ownership of Santa Claus. After the girl receives an imperfect doll as a gift, she sets out to save Santa and make Christmas more perfect..." (full details)

"Gold Circle Films has bought Greg Erb and Jason Oremland's pitch "Creature Feature." Described as being in the light horror genre, the story centers on Kevin Ackerman, a 13-year-old budding Wes Craven. Together with his crew of small-town friends, he has made dozens of low-budget horror films featuring his monster props. But after he finds and uses a mysterious old camera, the monsters spring to life..." (full details)

"Paul Feig ("Freaks and Geeks") has been hired to polish and direct "Unaccompanied Minors" for Warner Brothers. "Minors" is based on a nine-minute radio essay in which Susan Burton recounted her childhood experience of being snowed in at Chicago's O'Hare Airport the day after Christmas, stranded with other kids from divorced families who spent the holidays flying from one parent to the other. The kids end up bonding and create a makeshift holiday for one another..." (full details)

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