Spec Script Sale: “Tiki”

Per 24 Frames, Disney has bought action-adventure spec script “Tiki” from writers Ahmet Zappa (son of Frank) and Michael Wilson:

Sources close to the project said Zappa and writing partner Michael Wilson were inspired by Disneyland’s Enchanted Tiki Room in writing the script. A Disney spokesperson, however, said the project is not an adaptation of the attraction and is merely an action-adventure that mixes in Polynesian mythology.

In case you’re wondering how many movies Disney is making inspired by theme park rides:

Disney is going in a cinematic direction with a number of attractions, with the fourth movie in the “Pirates” series coming up next year and Guillermo del Toro taking another crack at developing the “Haunted Mansion” attraction into a horror picture. Not to mention “Tron,” the upcoming remake that has seen themed-attractions popping up across Disneyland this fall. When you have the rides, might as well make them into movies, and make the movies into pretty much everything else.

Which part of Disneyland do you think is just aching to be adapted into a movie?

Zappa is repped by CAA and Anonymous Content. Wilson is repped by CAA.

By my count, this is the 43rd spec script to sell in 2010.

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