'Ink Pen' Comic Optioned for Movie

By: E&P Staff "Ink Pen" has been optioned for development into an animated feature film by Jason Koornick, president of Eye in the Sky in Los Angeles, according to Universal Press Syndicate.

Phil Dunlap's comic about a employment agency for cartoon characters was launched in 2005 and now runs in more than 50 newspapers, including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Detroit Free Press.

Koornick's credits include executive producing "Next," starring Nicholas Cage and Julianne Moore, which is slated for fall 2007 release.

Also attached to the "Ink Pen" movie project are Hollywood writers Gabe Abelson and Scott Sonneborn. Abelson's credits include programs such as "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "The Late Show with David Letterman," and "Politically Incorrect." Sonneborn has written for "The New Tom Green Show," "Beavis & Butthead," "Celebrity Deathmatch," and other programs.