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Film version of comic back on track
Christopher Columbus seems to have a thing for pint-sized bespectacled mission men. Talking about the filmmaker, of course, not about the guy who discovered La Ribs on West Pico.
The “Harry Potter” filmmaker has snapped up the film rights to “Dilbert”, the popular comic book strip by Scott Adams. Columbus is considering it as one of his next directing gigs.
The rights to the popular cartoon previously laid with Columbia – who produced the TV series – who planned to turn the office dweeb into a feature film a couple of years back. Never happened. With Columbus on board, the film will be now be shot, tinned and released by Warner Bros.
The comics tell of a Cubicle denizen named Dilbert who toils away at Path-E-Tech which makes undefined products. The focus is on his survival amongst a moronic boss, hostile co-workers and his malevolent pet, Dogbert. Daniel Stern (“City Slickers”) provided the voice of the character in the series.
Columbus, whose last film as director was “Rent”, hasn’t got any directing gigs lined up at the moment – though he’s producing about four films; including “Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom” and “Will Sebastian” – so don’t be surprised if he decides to tackle this one himself.
