Latest Hollywood script deals

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sony has picked up the comedy spec script "Road to Nardo," by Andrew Waller and Mike Gagerman.

"Nardo" revolves around two guys who go to Mexico to rescue their friend.

Scot Armstrong, the writer of comedies such as "Old School" and "Semi-Pro," will make his directorial debut on the film.

Waller directed the straight-to-DVD movie "American Pie Presents Beta House." He and Gagerman are high school friends who teamed up to write "Nardo."

Armstrong is one of the big names in Hollywood comedy, having also written "Starsky & Hutch," "The Heartbreak Kid" and the upcoming Kevin James comedy "The Zookeeper." He's reteaming with "Old School" and "Hutch" director Todd Phillips for "The Hangover 2."

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Jeff Stockwell has been hired to adapt author Madeleine L'Engle's classic time-travel novel, "A Wrinkle in Time," for producer Cary Granat and his Bedrock Studios.

L'Engle's 1962 Newbery Medal-winning sci-fi story revolves around teenager Meg Murry, her genius brother, Charles Wallace, and classmate Calvin O'Keefe as they launch an interplanetary mission to rescue the siblings' missing scientist father. They are counseled along the way by the mysterious trio of Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which.

The BBC made a film version of the young-adult novel, and Dimension produced a telefilm for ABC in 2004. Disney carried remake rights from that deal and is developing the new feature with Bedrock.

Granat has a relationship with Disney from when his Walden Media produced such films for the studio as the "Chronicles of Narnia" series and "Bridge to Terabithia," co-written by Stockwell.

Stockwell has made something of a career out of tackling challenging children's literature. He co-wrote the adaptation of Chris Fuhrman's novel "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" for producer Jodie Foster and ThinkFilm as well as the adaptation of Katherine Paterson's "Terabithia," which Disney released in 2007. He has adaptations of the novels "Kiki's Delivery Service" and "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" in development.

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - While it may seem that Summit is all about vampires and witches, the upstart company is going into teen thriller mode, picking up "Puzzle Palace" from writer David Guggenheim.

"Puzzle" follows a kid who gets locked in a police station trying to steal evidence and has to escape crooked cops to get out.

Us Weekly editor Guggenheim had no screenwriting experience when he sold his spec script "Safe House" to Universal last month.

Temple Hill, the production shingle behind "Twilight," will produce "Puzzle."