Sir Elton Brings Nerds To The Big Screen

Singer Elton John's production company has won the film rights to author Michael Buckley's bestselling book series "Nerds" says Deadline.

The series follows a group of unpopular and socially inept geeks who run a spy network from inside their elementary school. There they battle the Hyena, a former junior beauty pageant contestant-turned-assassin and various other villains.

Buckley will write the adapted script for the film that will be a 3D animated feature.

Steve Hamilton Shaw and David Furnish will produce.