Variety brings news of a deal between first-time author Ahmet Zappa, Disney, and mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer, but the short version is this: Expect to see a "monster hunter" adventure movie in about three years time.

"Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films have paid $1.5 million for film rights to the unpublished novel "Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless," by first-time writer Ahmet Zappa.

Story concerns a young brother and sister who learn their family is part of a long line of monster hunters. The pair squabble constantly but must band together against the most diabolical creature in the universe.

Book is skedded for publication in August from Random House as a hardcover with full-color art. Zappa wrote the story and penned some 300 illustrations."

Apparently this little book caused all sorts of a bidding buffet in Hollywood, but as they often do, The Mouse House & Bruckheimer, Inc. walked away with the prize.