Korea and France will co-produce a movie based on French science fiction writer Bernard Werber's "Empire of the Ants" says Korea Times.

Korean director Kim Moon S. will helm the 10 million euro project for Studio3303 Films. About 60 percent of the film will be animated while the rest will feature real-life images.

Kim will work on the script, which will be in English, with an writer while Werber will give overall feedback. Currently a rough treatment has been drafted and the film will go into production this year and is slated for release in 2011.