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Script Sales: Paramount Pictures Has a MONSTER MASH and New Line Tumbles for THE


In a pre-emptive bid, Paramount Pictures has picked up the Halloween family/adventure pitch "Monster Mash," which Ben Tripp will write for studio-based producer Jordan Kerner.

Simultaneously, Paramount has acquired the classic 1962 hit song "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett for use in the film.

The project, designed to be both live-action and CGI, takes place on Halloween day and centers on the notion that monsters actually exist, but the only day they can come out without being noticed is Halloween because everyone thinks they are in a costume. This is also the one day when monsters can accomplish all their errands and chores for the entire year. When a 14-year-old boy and his father discover this secret, a wild adventure ensues.

The producers plan to have a contemporary musical group record an update of "Monster Mash" for the film's release.

Tripp hails from the world of advertising and theme park design. "Mash" is based on a world and set of character drawings that he created.


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New Line Cinema has tumbled for "The Wedding Crashers," picking up writing duo Steve Faber and Bob Fisher's pitch for mid-six figures with Tapestry Films on board to produce.

The fast-tracked romantic comedy, which is being circled by such talent as Will Ferrell , Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson , centers on two guys who have a hobby of crashing weddings in order to meet girls. One weekend, they crash a random nuptial, and one of them unexpectedly falls in love.

Tapestry's Andrew Panay came up with the original idea for the project and brought it to Faber and Fisher, who previously penned "Criminal Procedure" for DreamWorks/Montecito, and "We're the Millers" at Immortal Entertainment.


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New Line Cinema has picked up the comedy spec "Me v. Me" from the writing team of David Sacks and Evan Lowenstein, with studio-based Rat Entertainment set to produce.

The script centers on a failed attorney who decides to sue himself for mismanaging his life and turns the legal world on its ear while trying to win back his one true love.

Sacks is a veteran TV writer who has written for such hit series as "The Simpsons ( news - Y! TV)," "3rd Rock From the Sun" and "Murphy Brown." The "Me" project marks the first sale for Lowenstein, who is half of the pop music duo Evan and Jaron. The pair just completed their second album, which is due out this fall from Columbia Records.

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Writing duo Jeff Dyson and Bennie Richburg have closed a deal to pen the "Untitled Method Man/Redman Comedy" at New Line Cinema.

The project, originally penned by Sheck Bugge, will be reconceived by Dyson and Richburg and is described as an urban version of "The Producers" set in the music world. Method Man and Redman are attached to topline.

Dyson and Richburg penned "Niagara Fools," which is set up at the Walt Disney Co. with Bernie Mac attached to star.


(Source: Hollywood Reporter)

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