- Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah (creators of the new ABC drama "Life as We Know It") are writing a remake of REVENGE OF THE NERDS for Fox Searchlight and producers McG and Stephanie Savage of Wonderland. Stars Adam Brody and Brett Harrison are co-producing.
- Fox 2000 Pictures, 20th Century Fox Animation and Bagdasarian Prods. will partner to produce ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, a live-action/CGI feature based on the 1950s and '60s icons. Fox plans to use a flesh-and-blood actor for the role of Dave Seville, the Chipmunks' "dad," with Chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore to be CGI.
- Terence Winter ("The Sopranos") will script LOCKED AND LOADED, starring 50 Cent, for Paramount/MTV and producers Jimmy Iovine and Paul Rosenberg. It's the tale of an orphaned street kid who becomes a powerful drug dealer, then turns away from crime to pursue a promising music career.
-New Line snapped up Jake Shapiro's father/daughter college comedy script, WEIRDO. Pic centers on an overprotective father who's about to drop off his daughter at college. When the dad, whose dream is to become an FBI agent, becomes aware of all the potential temptations awaiting her, he manages to adopt various disguises to protect her virtue
