Comic fantasy "King" summons Stiller

By Borys Kit and Carly Mayberry

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ben Stiller is attached to produce and possibly star in "The Return of King Doug," an adaptation of a graphic novel about a man who must return to the fantasy world he abandoned 30 years earlier.

The project is set up at DreamWorks, which has partnered with "King Doug" publisher Oni Press on the titles "Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things" and "The Damned."

"King Doug" writers Greg Erb and Jason Oremland will write the screenplay. Stiller's Red Hour Prods. banner is partnered on the project with DreamWorks. The graphic novel will be published next year by Portland, Ore.-based Oni Press.

Stiller stars in the upcoming comedy "Tropic Thunder," which he also directed and produced via Red Hour, and is preparing to shoot "Night at the Museum II: Escape From the Smithsonian." Red Hour was behind the horror movie "The Ruins," which opens Friday.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter