EXCLUSIVE : Searchlight Pictures has set Taika Waititi to direct Barn 8 , an adaptation of the satirical novel by Deb Olin Unferth . She-Hulk: Attorney At Law creator Jessica Gao will write the script.

Gotham Group’s Eric Robinson and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein brought in the book, and they will produce the film with Waiti Pictures’ Waititi, Ishi Metkar and Michelle Chan.

The novel revolves around a caper: two US auditors of chicken eggs plot to heist a million chickens from a factory farm, leading a team of activists in a chaotic rescue mission. In the hands of Waititi, this sure sounds like an opportunity to mix mischievous fun with some worthy social messaging. The book is a mix of comedy, tragedy, a collision of animal rights and industrial farming. Some of the story is to

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