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"Paramount Pictures is allegedly planning to adapt webcomic The New Kid as an animated feature. The studio has hired The Book of Eli screenwriter Gary Whitta to pen a script for the project, Heat Vision reports. Developed by Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the webcomic focuses on a young boy named Solomon, who is the only Earthling in a school populated by aliens. The strip debuted on the Penny Arcade website last October. &amp;quot;Being the new kid is hard, being the new kid in a school full of aliens is harder,&amp;quot; Krahulik said upon the strip&amp;#039;s launch. &amp;quot;[Holkins] mentioned that this one could be the biggest thing we ever do and I think he&amp;#039;s right.&amp;quot; The report went on to say that Paramount is keen to press forward with the project following the expiration of its distribution deal with DreamWorks Animation. Paramount is yet to officially confirm the development of an animated feature based on The New Kid. &amp;gt; Read our latest comics news "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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