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Walt Disney Pictures is going to make a film called "Reel to Real," a family fantasy flick about a magical film projector that shows nothing but Disney films, well, not really, but the studio picked up the project based on a pitch by Eric Saiet and Andrea Maywhort-Scully.

The Hollywood Reporter is saying that "the deal was made before Rich Ross was named chairman of Walt Disney Studios on Monday."

Maywhort-Scully is also working on a novel.

Ever wished you could take what you see in movies and make it real? What if you had a magical movie projector that could do just that? The Hollywood Reporter notes the concept has been launched at Disney, and they've bought in to get the idea underway. It's got to be a dream come true for the duo who pitched Disney the idea for the family fantasy, tentatively titled Reel to Real. Neither Eric Saiet nor Andrea Maywhort-Scully have ever written a screenplay for the big screen before. The concept seems similar to last year's Bedtime Stories, in which Adam Sandler's bedtime tales magically came to life, except this time there's a magic movie projector required. That project was also pitched by a newbie writer who was joined by one of Sandler's favored writing partners. One possible appeal in the concept is the 3D angle, Disney's new favored presentation style.

Disney has preemptively picked up Reel to Real , a family fantasy pitch by Eric Saiet and Andrea Maywhort-Scully, says The Hollywood Reporter . The story involves a magical film projector. Saiet and Maywhort-Scully, based in New York, are newcomers to the screenwriting trade though, in Saiet's case, not to the industry. He acted as a youngster (his first credit is Ferris Bueller's Day Off ) and has had dozens of TV appearances.

Disney has preemptively picked up a family fantasy pitch from Eric Saiet and Andrea Maywhort-Scully called "Reel to Real." The story tells of a magical film projector. The duo are newcomers to screenwriting although Saiet is not new to the industry and has a lot of TV appearance credits. Maywhort-Scully is currently working on a novel. Deal was landed before Walt Disney Studios named Rich Ross as chairman on Monday.

Disney has preemptively picked up "Reel to Real," a family fantasy pitch by Eric Saiet and Andrea Maywhort-Scully. The story involves a magical film projector.

Casey Wolfe is overseeing for the studio. The deal was made before Rich Ross was named chairman of Walt Disney Studios on Monday.

Saiet and Maywhort-Scully, based in New York, are newcomers to the screenwriting trade though, in Saiet's case, not to the industry. He acted as a youngster (his first credit is "Ferris Bueller's Day Off") and has had dozens of TV appearances.

Maywhort-Scully is also working on a novel.

The duo is repped by Icm, Original Content and McKuin Frankel Whitehead.