by Seth Metoyer

Adam Green (Writer/Director of the horror film Hatchet and the forthcoming sequel Hatchet 2) will be adapting the Greg Taylor novel 'Killer Pizza' and Rafaella de Laurentiis will produce it.

Killer Pizza is a comedy about a 14-year old who scores a summer job at a pizza place that offers such pies as The Monstrosity and The Frankensausage. The pizzeria actually turns out to be a front for a monster-hunting organization.

In addition, 1492 Pictures and South Korea-based CJ Entertainment revealed two other projects after signing a three-year development deal last year to develop family-friendly films with global appeal. 1492 partners Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe choose the projects, and CJ finances production and will co-finance production with studio partners.

* Carpe Demon is an adaptation of the Julie Kenner novel Carpe Demon: Adventures of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom. Columbus has been asked to rework the take of a stay-at-home mom who is in charge of cleaning up her demon-plagued town.

The Graveyard Book is an adaptation of the book by Stardust author Neil Gaiman. Neil Jordan will pen the script as well as direct this live-action movie about an orphan raised by ghosts. Wayfare Entertaiment, Framestore and Gaiman will also be producers, and CJ will co-finance the movie and be the distributors in Korea and Japan.

"The projects we are developing together meet our shared goal of producing movies for the global audience," Columbus said. "We see this as just the beginning of many terrific movies together."

CJ, a heavy hitter in Asia and one of the initial investors of DreamWorks, made 1492 its first Hollywood talent operation for CJ Group vice chairman Miky Lee and CJ Entertainment CEO Katharine Kim. Columbus and team have a separate alliance with Reliance Big Entertainment, one of around a dozen deals that CAA brokered for elite clients with production companies. It is all part of the newer trend in which producers are seeking for offshore development funds where studios have halted overall producing agreements. Deadline.com was a contributing source to this article.

Contact Seth Metoyer at seth@morehorror.com.