Paramount Grabs MONSTER Zoo

By: Jarrod Sarafin
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Paramount Pictures has preemptively picked up the rights to Monster Zoo, says the Hollywood Reporter. The production will be based off an upcoming graphic novel from Doug TenNapel, for a live-action adaptation that will be produced by Sam Raimi and Josh Donen via their Buckaroo Entertainment banner and Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein. No writer is attached yet to adapt the screenplay.

Plot Concept: The action-adventure story is set in motion when an ancient idol is unearthed and transported to a zoo in the U.S. There, the idol's spirit awakens and starts to mutate the caged animals. A group of teenagers must band together to try to stop the idol and the evil from destroying the world. The graphic novel will be published in May from Image Comics.