Posted: Sun., Jul. 30, 2006, 9:00pm PT

Helmer on a 'Picnic'

Jacobson to direct, adapt 'Roadside' for Col

"Dahmer" director David Jacobson will direct and adapt "Roadside Picnic" for Columbia.

Neil Moritz-produced futuristic crime story is based on the book by Russian writers Boris and Arkady Strugatsky.

In the book, an alien visitation occurs, and gangs of smugglers plunder the lucrative artifacts left behind.

Jacobson also directed "Down in the Valley."


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