Columbia Adapting Children's Novel WE'RE NOT FROM HERE Into Live-Action/Animated Hybrid Feature

Columbia Pictures is taking on the adaptation of the children’s novel, We’re Not From Here, which they will make into a live-action/animation hybrid feature film. The book was written by Geoff Rodkey, who will adapt the middle-grade story with Mike Mitchell (Trolls, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part) directing.

Here’s the synopsis from publisher Penguin Random House:

Imagine being forced to move to a new planet where YOU are the alien!

The first time I heard about Planet Choom, we’d been on Mars for almost a year. But life on the Mars station was grim, and since Earth was no longer an option (we may have blown it up), it was time to find a new home.

That’s how we ended up on Choom with the Zhuri. They’re very smart. They also look like giant mosquitos. But that’s not why it’s so hard to live here. There’s a lot that the Zhuri don’t like: singing (just ask my sister, Ila), comedy (one joke got me sent to the principal’s office), or any kind of emotion. The biggest problem, though? The Zhuri don’t like us. And if humankind is going to survive, it’s up to my family to change their minds. No pressure.

This sounds like a fun original story for kids and families to enjoy. Have you read the book? Does this sound like a movie you might want to check out?

via: Deadline