'Shrek' Author's 'The Zajaba Jungle' Optioned

[Saturday, June 5th, 2004]
Vanguard Animation's John H. Williams has bought the rights from Shrek author William Steig's The Zajaba Jungle, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

'Jungle' has as its main character a young boy who must leave the safety of his own back yard to trek through a dense, fantastical jungle to find his captured parents.

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