Big Idea and Universal Pictures have announced a new VeggieTales feature film, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie, to release in early 2008. The computer-animated family film will be made by VeggieTales creators Phil Vischer, who wrote the script, and Mike Nawrocki, who is slated to direct. The announcement was made yesterday by Universal marketing spokesmen Adam Fogelson and Eddie Egan, and Big Idea Chief Operating Officer Terry Pefanis.

Vischer also will be executive producer for The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything through his production company, Jellyfish Labs. Big Idea's David Pitts will produce, and the film will feature an original soundtrack by Kurt Heinecke.

The second feature film for the VeggieTales franchise follows the 2002 release Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie, which grossed more than $25 million theatrically. “We're delighted to be partnering with Big Idea on bringing these vegetables back to the big screen in an all new adventure,” Fogelson and Egan said in a statement.

“It's great to see Bob and Larry attracting new generations of fans more than a dozen years after we first introduced them,” Vischer said. “I'm looking forward to working with Mike (Nawrocki), Big Idea and Universal to bring The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything-A VeggieTales Movie to the screen.”

Nawrocki added, “We couldn't ask for a better partner than Universal in bringing VeggieTales back to the big screen.”

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