Jay Wolpert Adapting Starcatchers
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
December 8, 2005
Game show producer-turned-screenwriter Jay Wolpert has been hired to adapt Peter and the Starcatchers, the bestselling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, says The Hollywood Reporter. Walt Disney Feature Animation is turning the film into a tentpole computer-animation feature.
The book explores the origins of Peter Pan in a tale set before the J.M. Barrie classic. "Starcatchers" centers on a young orphaned boy, Peter, who becomes a stow-away on a merchant ship in order to avoid a life of servitude. He gets more than he bargained for when he finds a hidden trunk full of the celestial substance "starstuff," and when the shipment is hijacked, it is up to Peter to save the day.
The novel was published last year by Hyperion and spent 47 weeks on the bestseller list.
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Man - I've got to get this book. Fan of both Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
December 8, 2005
Game show producer-turned-screenwriter Jay Wolpert has been hired to adapt Peter and the Starcatchers, the bestselling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, says The Hollywood Reporter. Walt Disney Feature Animation is turning the film into a tentpole computer-animation feature.
The book explores the origins of Peter Pan in a tale set before the J.M. Barrie classic. "Starcatchers" centers on a young orphaned boy, Peter, who becomes a stow-away on a merchant ship in order to avoid a life of servitude. He gets more than he bargained for when he finds a hidden trunk full of the celestial substance "starstuff," and when the shipment is hijacked, it is up to Peter to save the day.
The novel was published last year by Hyperion and spent 47 weeks on the bestseller list.
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Man - I've got to get this book. Fan of both Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.
