reported by Dan Sperling, CyberScreenwriter.com

DreamWorks Animation has acquired writers Alan Schoolcraft and Brent Simons' superhero send-up "Master Mind," which was brought to the company by Lara Breay at Red Hour Films, the production entity of producing partners Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld. Red Hour will collaborate with DreamWorks Animation in developing and producing the project.

DreamWorks Animation veterans Cameron Hood and Kyle Jefferson are attached to make their feature film directorial debut with "Master Mind." Their 2006 animated short film "First Flight" charmed audiences and critics groups alike. "Master Mind" will mark the first time Stiller collaborates with DreamWorks Animation in a production capacity, having previously voiced Alex the lion in the global hit "Madagascar" and in the upcoming "Madagascar: The Crate Escape." Schoolcraft & Simons will write the film, with DreamWorks Animation's Chris Kuser and Red Hour's Lara Breay overseeing development.

"Master Mind" is a satirical send-up of the superhero genre, built around the story of a super villain who loses his joie de vivre after accidentally killing his archrival, Uberman, in the opening scene of the movie.

Writers Schoolcraft and Simons are represented by Dan Rabinow at ICM. Red Hour is repped by UTA's Sharon Sheinwold, and directors Hood and Jefferson by the William Morris Agency and Management 360.