Variety has reported that Robert Zemeckis is planning to direct the upcoming film from New Line called “The Remarkable Journey of Edward Tulane.” The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Kate DiCamillo that was published in 2006. It hasn’t been confirmed whether the adaptation will be live-action or done with motion capture like previous projects from Zemeckis such as Beowulf, The Polar Express and A Christmas Carol. 

The novel is described as follows:

Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost.

Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the top of a garbage heap to the fireside of a hobos camp, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. And along the way, we are shown a true miracle: even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.

The script comes from Jeff Stockwell with Wendy Finerman, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey attached to produce.