The Weinstein Co. are set to make the multimedia adventure movie
Alex and the Ironic Gentleman, says the Hollywood Reporter.
The feature, based on a book by first-time author Adrienne Kress', follows plucky 10-year-old orphan Alex Morningside's quest to free her schoolteacher from the clutches of evil pirates.
The magical mission takes her aboard the Ironic Gentleman, a pirate ship where her teacher is held prisoner.