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[Dan]

New Line Cinema has optioned the best-selling children's book "Walter the Farting Dog" and has tapped Eric Champnella to adapt the picture book into a live-action feature. The book, written by William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray and illustrated by Audrey Colman, tells the tale of perpetually gas-passing pooch Walter, who gets adopted from the pound by a family. The family's father eventually has enough and says the canine is pound-bound. But that night, two crooks break into the home, and Walter unleashes a hideous cloud, saving the day. The book made its way to the top of the New York Times best-seller list (children's picture category) and spawned a sequel, "Walter the Farting Dog: Trouble at the Yard Sale." A third book is in the planning stages. Champnella, a former stand-up comic, co-wrote the upcoming Disney film "Mr. 3000," starring Bernie Mac, and was one of the writers of "Eddie," starring Whoopi Goldberg. He is repped by UTA, Paul Nelson at Mosaic Media and attorney David Feldman.

This movie's gonna suuuuuuuuuck on such an awesome level.