New Line and Walden Media to Film Hoot
Posted on February 28, 2005
New Line Cinema has partnered with production companies Walden Media and the Kennedy/Marshall Company to produce a feature adaptation of the popular Carl Hiaasen children's novel Hoot. Based on the Newbery Award-honored book which has become a New York Times bestseller, Hoot revolves around a young boy who moves to Florida where he tries to solve an ecological mystery involving endangered owls, an assortment of other unusual creatures, and group of eccentric adults.
Director/comedian Wil Shriner (Frasier, Becker), will direct the film. Shriner also has written the initial draft of the film's script. Hoot is being produced by Frank Marshall and Jimmy Buffett, who will also provide music for the film. New Line's Mark Kaufman and Michael Disco are overseeing the production for the studio while Doug Jones and Evan Turner are overseeing the project for Walden Media.
