Last year WB optioned the Bone series, but we haven’t heard much since that deal was reported. Comic Book Resources has a big report from Smith’s appearance last weekend at the Alternative Press Expo (APE) where a question was asked about the status of the film. CBR reports:

Smith mentioned the deal he signed with Warner Bros. for a CGI cartoon, noting he was very happy with the progress so far. No release date has been set yet, but he said they’ll probably end up making three films. [Discussion moderator Larry] Marder asked if it was a big decision to do a computer-generated cartoon instead of a hand drawn one. Smith noted he was a huge fan of hand-drawn animation, and had even tried to pull together a “Bone” cartoon with some friends he has in the animation business. “It was just too big, too expensive,” he said. “I ended up just spending my time trying to get everyone to get along with everyone else.”

Bone is a 55-issue comic book series spanning 1991 to 2004 that follows “three cousins from the Bone family who are small, white and bald humanlike creatures with big noses. The trio are run out of their hometown and find themselves in a mysterious valley where they are separated and hunted by other creatures. They are taken in by a girl named Thorn and her grandmother, and find out that the valley is threatened by an evil force called the Lord of the Locusts.” Smith drew inspiration from J.R.R. Tolkien among other fantasy and epic story tellers. Looking forward to seeing this actually get under way. (visit boneville.com for more)