Scribe pens 'Clues' with DreamWorks

September 02, 2008 DreamWorks has hired Jeff Nathanson to pen the screen adaptation of the first novel of "The 39 Clues," a multiplatform adventure series launching Tuesday from Scholastic Media. The studio acquired the film rights to the property in June, and Nathanson will crack the first novel in the series, "The Maze of Bones," written by former middle school teacher Rick Riordan. Nathanson's involvement with the project lends extra weight to the possibility of DreamWorks principal Steven Spielberg jumping into the director's chair.

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