Cartoon Network Preps Original Live-Action Movie

BURBANK, October 10: Tiger's Apprentice, based on the bestselling young-adult book by
Lawrence Yep, is the latest live-action/CGI movie from Cartoon Network.

Set to premiere in 2010, Tiger's Apprentice is now in preproduction, with staffing and casting
currently under way at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank. Oscar-nominated
screenwriter David Magee (Finding Neverland) adapted the award-winning book into a feature
script, optioned by Cartoon Network. Jane Startz (Tuck Everlasting, Indian in the Cupboard) will executive produce the project.

Tiger's Apprentice
tells the story of teenager Tom Lee, who, orphaned by his grandmother, is put
under the protection of Mr. Hu, a mystical tiger who can take human form. This
is the latest original movie produced by Cartoon Network Studios, joining the
network's development slate with the previously announced comic book titles Firebreather, The Vanishers, Mice Templar and the sequel to the network's live-action hit movie Ben 10.

—By
Kristin Brzoznowski