The Weinstein Company has recently optioned the screen rights to Evan Kuhlman's Wolf Boy: A Novel. According to Variety, Christopher Parker will adapt a screenplay from the book. Irwin Winkler and Jill Cutler will produce the highly anticipated feature through Winkler Films.

Wolf Boy: A Novel is a story which centers around the Wolf family, who loses a son in a car accident. The other son channels his grief into the creation of a comicbook superhero based on his brother called Wolf Boy.

There is no word on when production for Wolf Boy: A Novel is scheduled to begin.