Nickelodeon Films Ask 'Wheres Waldo'

John Schultz ("Like Mike") has come aboard to direct Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Films' "Where's Waldo," reports The Hollywood Reporter.

The project, based on Martin Handford's illustrated children's book series of the same name, is about a lanky, bespectacled boy in a red-and-white striped hat who travels through various scenes throughout the world and throughout time.

The feature film version, adapted for the screen by Adam Rifkin, is described as "Back to the Future" meets "Inspector Gadget." It centers on Waldo, now 30 years old, who is a janitor/inventor who ends up traveling through time after accidentally activating a malfunctioning travel machine. There is also a love story component to the project.

A late-summer 2003 start date is being planned.