From the Hollywood Reporter comes word that Thor Freudenthal (Hotel for Dogs) is in negotiations to develop and possibly direct Measle and the Wrathmonk for Warner Bros.

The story is about a young boy who, after his parents go missing, is sent to live with an eccentric uncle who turns out be a crazy wizard known as a wrathmonk. He is then shrunk and banished to be a villager in his uncle’s toy train set and must figure out how to survive in the hostile environment.

It is being produced by Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke who will use performance-capture technology to create the film.