French production and distribution company SND is teaming with its parent company, M6 Group, to make the first 3D "Asterix" animated film called "Asterix: The Land of the Gods," reports Variety.
According to Variety, SND and M6 will produce and sell the film internationally, and producers are in talks with animation company Mac Guff ("Despicable Me") to handle animation for the film.
Alexandre Astier is attached to write the adaptation for "Asterix: The Land of the Gods," a film makeover of the Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo Asterix book "The Mansion of the Gods."