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Indie helmer Michael Almereyda will receive the 2008 Sundance/Sloan Commissioning Grant to develop his sci-fi project "

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Animation: Adaptation will be 60% animation, 40% live-action -- Gallic best-seller "Empire of the Ants" is being developed as a big-budget French-South Korean co-production.

Animation: Voice cast includes Anderson, Curry, Griffith -- With its first 3-D toon, "Fly Me to the Moon," gearing up for August release, Belgian animation studio nWave Pictures has started work on its next feature, "Around the World in 50 Years -- 3D."

Business News: Harvey takes on international sales -- Jim Harvey has been tapped executive VP of international sales for Bold Films' newly created international distribution arm.

Exclusives: Kevin Munroe directing 'Dylan Dog' adaptation -- Brandon Routh is returning to the world of comicbook heroes. The "Superman Returns" star will topline "Dead of Night," based on the bestselling Italian comicbook series "Dylan Dog," for Hyde Park and Platinum Studios.

Film News: Agencies plucking writers in post-strike craze -- Count big-ticket screenwriters among the flood of talent and dealmakers switching agencies.

Publishing News: HarperCollins to publish 'Purpose' in fall 2009 -- Latenight talker Craig Ferguson is taking his act to the page. Ferguson has inked a deal with HarperCollins to write his memoirs. "American on Purpose" is set to be published in fall 2009.

Home Ent News: Game publisher nabs rights to animated series -- Vidgame publisher THQ has secured the rights to Marvel's new "Super Hero Squad" animated series.

Los Angeles: Writer-director to produce comedy with Rudin -- Nancy Meyers will write and direct her next film at Universal. She will produce the untitled romantic comedy with Scott Rudin.

World Report: Australia: Melbourne's ban helps show become huge hit -- Crime drama "Underbelly" was meant to be a controversial look at a very real gangland war, but when it was banned in Melbourne, it spelled a headache for Nine Network.

World Report: Australia: Comedy team's arrest makes ratings skyrocket -- ABC comedy team the Chaser could not have predicted just how big a year 2007 would turn out to be for them.

World Report: Australia: Past productions include Hoffman, Weaving -- The new co-artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Co., Andrew Upton, says Philip Seymour Hoffman's sojourn with the troupe late in '07 resulted in its actors delivering career-making perfs.