'Panda' man to take on 'Minotaur'Stevenson will direct adaptation of Sherrill's novelMay 13, 2009, 11:00 PM ET Corrected: May 14, 2009, 05:52 AM ET
The Gotham Group has attached "Kung Fu Panda" co-director John
Stevenson to its adaptation of "The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette
Break."
Mike Jones has written the adaptation of Steven Sherrill's 2000 novel about the mythological creature -- half-man, half-bull -- who survived Theseus' attack in the labyrinth and walks among us today. He's a short-order cook in a Midwestern diner not far from his trailer-park home who falls for a waitress named Kelly. "Minotaur" is conceived as a live-action love story with CGI elements. Gotham optioned Jones' script in March. Gotham's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lindsay Williams are producing. The company also has "The Devil You Know" in development at Fox and "Monster Zoo" at Paramount. "Panda" grossed $633 million worldwide for DreamWorks Animation last year. The CAA-repped Stevenson also is attached to direct "Grayskull" at Warner Bros. 'Panda' man to take on 'Minotaur'Stevenson will direct adaptation of Sherrill's novelMay 13, 2009, 11:00 PM ET Corrected: May 14, 2009, 05:52 AM ET
The Gotham Group has attached "Kung Fu Panda" co-director John Stevenson to its adaptation of "The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break."
Mike Jones has written the adaptation of Steven Sherrill's 2000 novel about the mythological creature -- half-man, half-bull -- who survived Theseus' attack in the labyrinth and walks among us today. He's a short-order cook in a Midwestern diner not far from his trailer-park home who falls for a waitress named Kelly. "Minotaur" is conceived as a live-action love story with CGI elements. Gotham optioned Jones' script in March. Gotham's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lindsay Williams are producing. The company also has "The Devil You Know" in development at Fox and "Monster Zoo" at Paramount. "Panda" grossed $633 million worldwide for DreamWorks Animation last year. The CAA-repped Stevenson also is attached to direct "Grayskull" at Warner Bros.
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