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Chris Wedge has been interested in making a movie about Lives of the Monster Dogs for over a decade. Back in 1998, when Kirsten Bakis' book first came out, Wedge read it and thought that it would make for an interesting movie. Now that he's minted in the eyes of Hollywood, he's picked up the screen rights and is developing Monster Dogs under his WedgeWorks production company.

Wedge has already selected a screenwriter named Adam Klein to adapt the book. Bakis' novel uses the foundation of mad science as its premise: imagine that a group of crazy Prussian scientists engineered intelligent dogs and raised them in the seclusion of the Canadian wilderness. After years of isolation, the civilized dogs eventually escape their confinement and arrive in civilization, to the wonder and amazement of the world. Dressed in formal wear, standing erect and using voice boxes to communicate, the dogs are befriended by a young New York City student who acts as their liason to the world. However, things start to go bad when the animals begin to regress to their feral state.

Wedge has an idea to turn this into a live-action/CG movie, maybe a more dramatic version of Yogi Bear or Alvin and the Chipmunks. 20th Century Fox will likely become the eventual home for this one as Wedge has a first-look deal with the studio.