Nickelodeon Films is to make a live-action/CG animation adaptation of E.B. Whites
Charlotte's Web, according to Variety.
Charlotte's Web is to be directed by Gary Winick. Susannah Grant (
Erin Brockovich) wrote the script with revisions by Karey Kirkpatrick (
Chicken Run).
Written in 1952, is the best selling children's paperback of all time. Story centers on a 10-year-old girl and a spider who saves the life of her friend, a pig named Wilbur. Book was made into a 1973 animated feature by Paramount.
Charlotte's Web is expected to start shooting in January.