Paramount moves ahead with next animated feature NEW KID

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Paramount is moving ahead with a new non-DreamWorks animated feature, New Kid. The studio had box office success with Gore Verbinski's Rango starring Johnny Depp and hopes to recreate the success with this new project. The film is an adaptation of an online comic from Penny Arcade. The studio has hired Book of Eli writer Garry Whitta to pen the script. New Kid will be produced by Mary Parent and Cale Boyter under their studio-based Disruption Entertainment.

The concept of the film will be to mix the feeling of being "a new kid in school with an intergalactic story when the kid happens to be the lone earthling in a school chock full of aliens." Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik created Penny Arcade and it's turned into one of the few viable webcomic sites that features a blog, video games, podcasts and an online TV show.

Paramount is nearing the end of it's DreamWorks Animation distribution deal so there is a rush to get this project moving. According to THR, the studio "is looking for a well of animated fare to potentiall fill that part of its pipepline if a new DWA pact can't be worked out." Paramount will not likely have a Pixar-type animated division anytime soon, but they know they need to continue being creative. 

Sounds like a smart idea of Paramount. I love Rango, which grossed over $240 million dollars at the box office. What are your thoughts of this news?

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