Author's website Click here: Welcome to The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
May 05, 2006, Depp's Infinitum Nihil is now on board with Graham King's GK Films and Warner Bros to produce the live-action film based on Brian Selznick's Caldecot Award winning children's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret. The story told through minimal text and maximum illustrations and tells of an orphaned boy who secretly lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station in the early 20th Century and looks after the clocks in the station where he gets involved in a mystery while trying to repair a mechanical man. Ice Age's Chris Wedge has signed on to direct and "The Aviator" screenwriter John Logan has been signed to write the adaptation. A fall 08 start date was mentioned.The screen rights were originally acquired by GK Films and Warner Bros in 2007. Click here: Chris Wedge to direct 'Hugo Cabret' - Entertainment News, Animation, Media - Variety
May 12, 2008 Selznick says " Hugo Cabret film is in good hands" and why he went with GK Films. Click here: Talkback on School Library Journal
