EXCLUSIVE: Paul Feig, best known for R-rated comedies from Bridesmaids to Spy and The Heat, will bring those sensibilities to a venerable children’s book. He’s attached to direct and is part of a Fox package to turn The Sweetest Fig into a film. That is the illustrated kid book by Chris Van Allsburg, whose works have…

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of the breakout success of Jumanji: Welcome to The Jungle, children's book author Chris Van Allsburg and his producing partners William Teitler, Ted Field and Mike Weber have been staked to a production deal by 20th Century Fox. The aim is to generate new tent poles based on Van Allsburg’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Jake Kasdan will direct the reboot of Jumanji that Sony Pictures has set for a December 25 release. Matt Tolmach is producing. Kasdan will direct a script by Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner, latter of whom last worked for the studio on The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Their script is based on draft by original…