Daily news dose: Michael Bay to direct 'Number Four;' Brandon Camp to helm 'Relativity'
Monday, June 29, 2009 at 12:27PM | By
Franck Tabouring 
Here is your dose of film news for June 29, 2009:
• Brandon Camp, whose directorial debut "Love Happens" opens Sept. 18, 2009, is set to helm Walden Media's family comedy "Relativity." The story follows a family gathering for the parents' 30th wedding anniversary. Things quickly get out of hand when their children find out they're adopted. Peter A. Craig wrote the original script, with Daniel Cohn and Jeremy Miller completing recent drafts. (Variety)
• Michael Bay, whose "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is leading the box office worldwide, is in early talks to prooduce and maybe direct "I Am Number Four" for DreamWorks. The film is based on an unpublished sci-fi book and follows nine alien teenagers who are sent to high school on Earth after their planet is destroyed. One of them then discovers he's targeted by an ruthless enemy. (The Hollywood Reporter)
• Paramount Pictures has acquired "License to Steal," a pitch for an action comedy Shane Salerno ("Shaft") will write. Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, screenwriters of "Star Trek" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," will produce the flick, which is loosely based on a Salon.com article about the top-line repo business. (Variety)
• Aline Brosh McKenna, whose credits include "27 Dresses" and "The Devil Wears Prada," is set to write Fox's "We Bought a Zoo," based on Benjamin Mee's memoir. The story follows the author on his quest to buy an old zoo with 200 animals in the English countryside. McKenna also co-wrote the upcoming "Fame" remake. (The Hollywood Reporter)
• The folks at ComingSoon have learned that Columbia's upcoming "Smurfs" movie will be released in 3D. A combination of CG and live-action, the project will be directed by Colin Brady based on a script by David Stem and David Weiss. The Smurf characters were created by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford. "Smurfs 3D" is set to open Dec. 17, 2010.











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