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publishing professionals  Wednesday, May 2, 2001  DreamWorks
Acquires Film Rights to Terry Pratchett's Bromeliad Trilogy
DreamWorks has acquired the film and television rights to Terry
Pratchett's bestselling fantasy novels Truckers, Diggers and
Wings, known collectively as the Bromeliad trilogy, it was
announced by DreamWorks principal Jeffrey Katzenberg. Truckers
will be the first to be turned into a computer animated feature,
under the direction of Andrew Adamson, who co-directed
DreamWorks' upcoming computer animated comedy, Shrek. Adamson is
again collaborating with one of the co-writers of `Shrek, Joe
Stillman, with whom he is adapting the screenplay for Truckers.
The books follow the adventures of a group of ``nomes'' living
in a department store. When their home is demolished, the
``nomes'' venture into the outside world for the first time and
discover their true, alien origins. Author Terry Pratchett left
the "g" out of "nomes" intentiona