Danny DeVito navigates ‘Charlotte Doyle’

Danny DeVito has written and will be directing the feature film adaptation of ‘The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle’ … about [a daring teen who makes a trans-Atlantic crossing from England to America in the 1830s and finds herself caught between a charismatic but ruthless captain and a mutinous crew. Brosnan will play the captain and Freeman plays the ship’s cook, who guides the young woman through the journey.] — Variety.com

The film will star Saorise Ronan as the title character along side Morgan Freeman and Pierce Brosnan. This will be the first time DeVito has returned to the “young adult” genre of film since 1996 when he made the big-screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s ‘Matilda’. Shooting begins in September 2008.