Shrek co-writer Roger S.H. Schulman has
been given the task of scribing the screenplay for Tortoise and Hippo,
recently acquired by Walden Media. The only issue is that Tortoise
is going to be a little bit different from Shrek, as it will include
a mix of live-action and CGI animation instead of animation alone; something
that Walden Media is beginning to use repeatedly. Add that to the fact that
Roger S.H. Schulman is looking for a come back after Disney's Mulan
II [dang they love crappy sequels] and we may just have something.
Relevant Entertainment's Mike Menchel will produce
Tortoise and Hippo, an idea he hatched after one of his daughters
showed him an unusual wire service photograph. Taken at a wildlife sanctuary,
the photo showed the close bond between a 100-year-old tortoise and a baby
hippo that was rescued from the Indian Ocean after December's tsunami.
Schulman took the idea and turned it into the unlikely bonding tale of a cranky old tortoise in India who at first tolerates the baby hippo because it is a chick magnet, but develops patriarchal feelings and takes the baby on a dangerous journey home to Africa.
For the entire report on Tortoise and Hippo head over to Variety.
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