Helmer goes on 'Retreat'
'Elf' team searching for scribes for laffer
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Story centers on an exec who goes to his first company retreat on his second day at the job and finds he's the target of sabotage by a disgruntled employee who wanted the post. He's then forced to compete for his job by leading a ragtag group of co-workers in a paintball contest.
Dodson had been a VP of physical production at Fox for four years before deciding in 2001 to move into writing and directing. He wrote and directed short film "The Video Conference" and scripted "Soda," an adaptation of Max Barry's comic tale of the world of corporate marketing.
"It's cathartic to me to work on a comedy set in a workplace where you have to worry about who you copy on messages," Dodson said.
Berg and Komarnicki sold the pitch to New Line a year ago and are seeking scribes to rewrite David Dorfman's script. The duo's maiden project for New Line was "Elf"; they signed a first-look deal last year with Paramount, where they have set up "Wild About Harry," "The User," "The Manny" and "The Compton Cricket Project."
John Jacobs is exec producing "The Retreat." New Line execs Cale Boyter and Richard Brenner are overseeing the project.
