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Exclusive: Andrew Adamson in negotiations to direct and co-write Curious George, a live-action adaptation for Universal Pictures based on the children's book series written by Margret & H.A. Rey. Adamson, who showed a flair for family fare in directing, producing and scripting the first two installments of The Chronicles of Narnia series, will executive produce. Ron Howard and Brian Grazer will produce for Imagine Entertainment, alongside David Kirschner and Jon Shapiro…...

With Universal and Illumination Entertainment’s Hop opening this weekend, I was able to sit down with Christopher Meledandri (CEO of Illumination) for an extended interview. As most of you know, Illumination’s first movie, Despicable Me, went on to earn over five hundred and twenty seven million dollars at the worldwide box office. Not bad for a film that had no build in audience. As you might imagine, they're hard at work on the sequel. During my extended interview, Meledandri talked about the success of Despicable Me, the "it's so fluffy!" line, how Hop came together and getting the cast, are there any Easter Eggs in Illumination films (like Pixar does it), his CinemaCon panel with George Lucas, James Cameron and Jeffrey Katzenberg, and he also talks about Illumination's future projects which include Curious George, Tim Burton’s stop-motion animation adaptation of The Addams Family, Ricky Gervais’ Flanimals, and The Lorax.

With Universal and Illumination Entertainment's Hop opening April 1, I was able to sit down with Christopher Meledandri (CEO of Illumination) earlier today for an extended interview. As most of you know, Illumination's first movie, Despicable Me, went on to earn over five hundred and twenty seven million dollars at the worldwide box office. Not bad for a film that had no build in audience. Over the past year, Illumination has been developing a number of projects and towards the end of my interview, I asked Meledandri about each of them. So if you're curious about the status of Curious George, Tim Burton's stop-motion animation adaptation of The Addams Family, Ricky Gervais' Flanimals, The Lorax, and the Despicable Me sequel, hit the jump: The first thing to know is that the video of Meledandri talking about each of these projects is further down the page. But here's what...