'Quill' producer takes on another four-legged starrer -- Shochiku has acquired Japanese rights to family drama "Lassie" from Classic Media.
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Title: Lassie
Log Line: Set in 1938, a loyal collie travels over 1,000 miles from northern Scotland to Yorkshire to return to her young friend. The dog, having been sold to a wealthy Duke because the boy's father was out of work, runs away and braves starvation and treacherous conditions to follow the pull of her heart toward the family who loves her.
Writer: Charles Sturridge / Genre: Family / Logged: 1/23/04
More: Adaptation of Eric Knight's 1938 novel "Lassie Come Home." CBS and Classic Media own the character. Charles Sturridge will also direct.