Chris Wedge, the creator of ‘Ice Age,’ is getting ready to take on the children’s book ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret.’ The live-action film will be written by John Logan, responsible for ‘The Aviator,’ ‘The Last Samurai’ and ‘Sweeney Todd.’ The last one might have made the connection between him and producer Infinitum Nihil, Johnny Depp’s company.

‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’ is a fairly new book, first released in January 2007. It centers around an orphaned boy that secretly lives between the walls of a train station in Paris. The bestseller was praised by its original combination of text and pictures. With about 300 illustrations it depends equally on words as it does on pictures.

Infinitum Nihil is targeting the Fall to start production.