20th Century Fox is moving forward with a big screen adaptation of "Gulliver's Travels", with Jack Black taking on the title role as his next project, says Variety.
Rob Letterman ("Shark Tale") has signed on to direct the contemporary re-imagining of the classic Jonathan Swift tale.
The story centres on Lemuel Gulliver, a free-spirited travel writer who, on an assignment to the Bermuda Triangle, suddenly finds himself a giant among men when he washes ashore on the hidden island of Lilliput, home to a population of industrious, yet tiny, people.
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" director Nicholas Stoller and Joe Stillman ("Shrek") wrote the screenplay for what is set to be the most madcap and comedic adaptation of the classic tale to date.
Shooting will start in March.