Following the success of the aforementioned Ben Stiller flick, he has been hired by Warner Bros to write the adaptation of Rex Libris, a comic book by James Turner about a head librarian who protects the world’s knowledge and most dangerous secrets from falling into the wrong hands. He achieves this with the aid of his fellow librarians and their hi-tech weapons and an ancient god that lives beneath the library. I haven’t read the comic book but it sounds a little like Indiana Jones except in libraries. I’m not sure how cool that is.
In addition to MADAGASCAR, Burton also wrote CHICKEN RUN and the upcoming THEY CAME FROM UPSTAIRS.