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Amblin Partners has picked up the movie rights to Cheshire Crossing, a graphic novel by The Martian author Andy Weir, setting Erin Cressida Wilson to write the script. Michael De Luca, who was nominated for an Oscar for producing The Social Network, Moneyball and Captain Phillips, will produce the adaptation.

The fantasy mashup tells the story of Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Alice of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Peter Pan's Wendy, who meet in boarding school for troubled young ladies. They each believe they’ve traveled to a fantastical world but no one else does. When their world-hopping sees Captain Hook and the Wicked Witch of the West team up to combine their magical villainy, the trio must band together to thwart them.

The graphic novel began life as a piece of fan fiction that Weir wrote prior to finding best-selling and Hollywood success with Martian, his book that inspired the Ridley Scott-directed film adaptation starring Matt Damon. Sarah Andersen, best known for the webcomic Sarah’s Scribbles, illustrated the book, which Penguin Random House published in July.

Johnny Pariseau will serve as executive producer and oversee on behalf of Michael De Luca Productions. Amblin’s president of production Holly Bario and vp creative affairs Mia Maniscalco will oversee the production for the company.