Internet Comics Sell 'Maggie' To New Line

Maggie
New Line Cinema has optioned Modern Humorist's first film project, "Maggie," reports The Hollywood Reporter

The project is a comedy about a 30-year-old slacker who unknowingly enlists the services of a sixtysomething Mary Poppins-type nanny. Using an unconventional approach, the nanny manages to help the slacker turn his troubled life around.

Modern Humorist a self-proclaimed "purveyor of funny" whose comedy has found success in the Internet, publishing and radio worlds, is now set to try its luck on the big screen.