Paramount has purchased the rights to an article which ran in the New York Times on June 12th called Mystery on Fifth Avenue. JJ Abrams will produce a feature film based on the article which describes a 14th-floor apartment on upper Fifth Avenue which contains a Rube Goldberg maze of systems and contraptions conceived by a young architectural designer named Eric Clough. Apparently the apartment comes with its own soundtrack and a book, featuring a fictional narrative which will help their four pre-teen children uncover some the secrets, messages, games and treasures hidden inside the furniture and walls.
Screenwriters Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky (The Rocker) have been hired to weave [...]

Dreamworks Animation announced yesterday plans to make a series of 3D computer animated films. First up will be Monsters vs Aliens, which starts production in spring and is aiming for a May 22nd 2009 release.
Digital 3D seems to be the hot new thing in Hollywood. RealD just inked a deal to expand it’s Digital 3-D experience to an additional 200 screens (AMC, Regal, Cinemark, and more). Disney’s March 30th release of Meet the Robinsons will go out on more than 600 digital screens
Monsters vs Aliens is supposedly based on the horror comicbook Rex Havoc and the Ass-Kickers of the Fantastic, which is about a monster hunter called upon to battle [...]