Monster House director Gil Kenan and performance-capture supremo Robert Zemeckis are already teaming up to adapt Eoin Colfer's book Airman for the screen - and now they have a screenwriter to help out.
Ann Peacock (of whom we can't find a pic, so we've gone with Kenan here), who adapted The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe as well as Warners' planned adaptation of The Odyssey, will turn the adventure into a film. It's all about Conor, a 14 year-old boy and the son of a King's bodyguard on the island of Great Saltee, who is framed for the King's murder and thrown into prison by the dastardly Hugo Bonvilain. Conor must escape back to his family (and the princess he fancies) by building a flying machine to escape the prison. Cue swashbuckling!
There's no word yet on when we can expect to see this, but given how hot kids' fantasy films are right now, and how many of them seem to be coming out, we expect this one to be put into production before the ink's dry on Peacock's script.