New Line Cinema Partners with Walden Media and Kennedy/Marshall to Produce Hoot
Bestselling children's book adaptation will feature the music of Jimmy BuffettFebruary 17, 2005
LOS ANGELES - New Line Cinema has partnered with production companies Walden Media and the Kennedy/Marshall Company to produce a feature adaptation of the popular Carl Hiaasen children's novel Hoot.
Based on the Newbery Honor book which has become a New York Times bestseller, Hoot revolves around a young boy who moves to Florida where he tries to solve an ecological mystery involving endangered owls, an assortment of other unusual creatures, and group of eccentric adults.
Director/comedian Wil Shriner ("Frasier," "Becker") will direct the film. Shriner also has written the initial draft of the film's script.
"Hoot is a classic book in the same vein as Holes and Because of Winn-Dixie that will only grow in popularity and importance in the years to come," said Walden Media CEO Cary Granat. "We are extremely grateful to Frank Marshall and Jimmy Buffett for bringing us onto this project as a partner, and look forward to working with them and New Line."
Hoot is being produced by Frank Marshall and Jimmy Buffett, who will also provide music for the film. New Line's Mark Kaufman and Michael Disco are overseeing the production for the studio while Doug Jones and Evan Turner are overseeing the project for Walden Media.
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