DreamWorks, Williams hit 'Toad' road

Project to mix live action, CGI effects

By CLAUDE BRODESSER

In the first deal to come of the still-cooling merger between the Firm and Artists Management Group, DreamWorks Pictures has landed the spec script "Toad Trip" for $750,000 against seven figures.

Human-turned-into-toad script comes from scribes Paul Tamasay ("Air Bud") and Eric Johnson. While studio is mum on details of the project, it will combine live action and CGI effects, similar to Sony's "Stuart Little." Pic will be produced by DreamWorks-based producer John H. Williams, whose recent credits include DreamWorks all-CGI hit "Shrek" and the recently wrapped Jackie Chan action-comedy "The Tuxedo," also for DreamWorks.

"Toad Trip" will be overseen by DreamWorks theatrical production exec Leah Keith and supervised by production prexy Michael DeLuca.

The writers were repped in the deal by the Gersh Agency and are managed by The Firm/AMG.

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