The newly reinvigorated DreamWorks Pictures has extended a previously held option for the film rights to the science fiction novel Chocky from Pollinger Ltd., the U.K. agency that handles the literary estate of the late author John Wyndham.
Steven Spielberg, who lasted directed Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, is said to be keen to make the adaptation his next directing project, but he is not attached to it at this time.
The story centers on a boy who has a mysterious imaginary friend with whom he frequently argues. As the boy's father gets increasingly suspicious, it becomes clear that an alien entity has taken up residence in the boy's consciousness.
DreamWorks just concluded a $1.2 billion deal to become its own independent company, freeing it from Paramount, but the studio will still need distribution. Universal is seen as a likely candidate for that position, and DreamWorks is said to be about two weeks from settling on a deal.
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