• Shane Acker Directing Live-Action 'Thomas The Tank Engine' Film

    By Russ Fischer June 9th, 2011

    Shane Acker made his feature directorial debut in 2009 with 9, which was the culmination of years of work that began with the short film of the same title, released in 2005. The former WETA animator (he worked on The Return of the King) didn't get the best reception with 9, but it certainly has…

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  • Harold and the Purple Crayon

    Shrek The Third Screenwriter Adapting Harold And The Purple Crayon?

    By Peter Sciretta February 25th, 2010

    Before Where the Wild Things Are, and even before Being John Malkovich, Spike Jonze was developing a big screen adaptation of the acclaimed 1955 children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon. Harold and the Purple Crayon tells the story of a curious four-year-old boy who draws his reality and lives in the imaginary world he…

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