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The Familiars

10/5/10 - Doug Sweetland will make his feature debut with Sony Pictures Animation's The Familiars, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  The story, based on the just-published children's book by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson, centers on three young wizard apprentices who, after being whisked away by an evil queen, must rely on their animal companions, or familiars -- an alley cat, a blue jay and a tree frog -- to escape.  Epstein and Jacobson are writing the screenplay.

6/11/09 - Sony Pictures Animation has picked up the rights to The Familiars, an upcoming children's fantasy book series written by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson, according to The Hollywood Reporter; the first book follows three young wizard apprentices who, after being whisked away to an evil kingdom by a nefarious queen, must rely on their animal companions—an alley cat, a blue jay and a tree frog—to escape.

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