Adam Sztykiel is off to Nerd Camp for
Paramount to create a film about summer programs for gifted children that
is being developed by Nickelodeon Films and Tollin/Robbins Prods.
Nerd Camp
According to Variety,
Sztykiel will pen the script. Par set up Nerd Camp last year, optioning
film rights to Burkhard Bilger's New Yorker article about summer programs
for gifted kids. Nick senior VP Julia Pistor and TRP co-toppers Mike Tollin
and Brian Robbins are producing.
Project's envisioned as the tale of a group of children who spend the summer taking college-level courses at a "nerd camp" and redefine what it means to be cool.
Deal marks the third assignment for Sztykiel this
year following Ditch Day for Fox and State Street and Adopted
for Working Title. Credits include Bad News Inc. for Working Title,
Power Trip for DreamWorks and Made of Honor for Sony.
Nick and Tollin/Robbins co-produced Good Burger in 1997 and TRP
partnered with MTV Films on Paramount's Coach Carter.
For the entire report on Adam Sztykiel and Nerd Camp, head over
to Variety.
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