Universal Pictures has acquired "The Lost Adventures of Stone Perlmutter Jr.," a pitch that will be written by Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory as a star vehicle for Jack Black. Black and partner Ben Cooley will produce through their U-based Electric Dynamite Productions label.
Pic is a faux documentary made from recently "discovered" footage from 1979, chronicling the disastrous journey of a self-styled Indiana Jones-like adventurer who traveled the globe in search of such elusive targets as Yeti, El Dorado, the lost tomb of Jesus.