Peter Chernin’s Chernin Entertainment is about to acquire a yet untitled pitch by Dracula Year Zero and Clue scribes Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. The pitch is described as a “futuristic Jungle Book” and Chernin has snagged Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean, Rango) and Basil Iwanyk (The Expendables, Clash of the Titans) to produce.

Walt Disney Pictures, who released both animated and live-action versions of Jungle Book, also bid on the property.

[The Shakedown]

Though the immediate visuals conjured from the description of a “futuristic Jungle Book” may seem a little silly, Sazama and Sharpless could have something we haven’t seen before. Their work in adapting the board game, Clue, may give us a literal clue to what they can do with a concept.