Steve Carell to Star in Disney's 'Brooklyn Family Robinson'

"Finding Nemo" co-writer David Reynolds is penning the project, which Carell is producing.

The studio has picked up the family adventure comedy with heart as a starring vehicle for Steve Carell.

Carell will produce the project with his partners at Carousel Productions, Charlie Hartsock and Vance DeGeneres. The trio are partnering with Disney-based David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films.

David Reynolds, who was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing Pixar's 2003 classicFinding Nemo, is penning the script. The project is based on an original idea by Reynolds, Hartsock and Degeneres.

Plot details are vague in order to protect the project's secrets, but it is known that Brooklyn Family Robinson centers on the patriarch of a family, to be played by Carell, who relocates his family from city life to island life.  
Kristin Burr is overseeing for the studio.

Reynolds, who also worked on animated fare such as Atlantis: The Lost Empire and The Emperor's New Groove, is repped by Gersh and Ziffren Brittenham.

Hoberman and Lieberman just set up the untitled Tupperware movie at Sony, which has Sandra Bullock attached as 1950s marketing exec Brownie Wise. The last produced Muppets Most Wanted for Disney.

Brooklyn Family Robinson reteams Carell with Disney, as he stars in the studio's family movieAlexander and Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day, which is due to open Oct. 10.  His dramaFoxcatcher, meanwhile, will have its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

Carousel just set up the comedy International Incident at Summit with Ken Jeong attached to star.

Carell and the company are repped by WME and Steve Sauer at Media 4.

AMY ADAMS GIVES UP HER FIRST CLASS SEAT ON FLIGHT TO A SOILDER!

As if Amy Adams wasn't lovable enough ... the Oscar-nominated actress sat in coach on a flight from Detroit Thursday ... because she gave up her first class seat to a soldier. 

Adams' grand gesture was done on the DL, but it happened to be witnessed by ESPN's Jemele Hill, who was seated a few rows in front of Adams. 

Hill spotted Adams eyeing the soldier as she got on the plane and later saying something to the flight attendant. Before long, Hill noticed Adams was gone ... and the soldier was in her place.

The "American Hustle" star ended up with us normal folk in coach, where a fan snapped the above photo with Adams and wrote, "Not the best picture of me but i just met Amy Adams on my flight to LAX, this is my claim to fame.

Lifetime doing Whitney Houston movie with Angela Bassett directing

Lifetime is doing a Whitney Houston movie. Because of course they are. When Lifetime’s They’re not already doing a Whitney Houston movie?Adding extra intrigue: Oscar nominee Angela Bassett will direct the film. Bassett and Houston co-starred in 1995′s Waiting to Exhale together. We’re told Bassett will not star, but she may have another role in the film.

press release hit our inbox, the first question that sprang to mind was:

Here’s Lifetime’s plan for its take on the pop singer, who died two years ago at the age of 48: “Whitney Houston chronicles the headline-making relationship between the iconic singer, actress, producer and model, and singer, songwriter Bobby Brown — from the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity, to their courtship and tumultuous marriage.  Throughout it all, difficulties followed the superstar couple while they dealt with the overwhelming rewards and consequences of the fame and fortune created by Whitney’s meteoric rise that would soon overshadow them both.”

Added Bassett: “I have such regard for both Whitney’s and Bobby’s amazing talents and accomplishments; and I feel a responsibility in the telling of their story. Their humanity and bond fascinates us all.  I’m beyond excited to have this opportunity to go behind the camera and into their world.” Whitney Houston (working title) is scheduled to premiere in 2015.

ROMANCE RUMOR DU JOUR: LUPITA NYONG'O LINKED TO CANADIAN RAPPER

It's only been four days since Lupita Nyong'o took home an Oscar (and our hearts), but she's already being linked to someone new. And if the speculation turns out to be true, it's a match made in apostrophe heaven. Shortly after the Oscars, the actress, 31, was photographed outside a taping of "Live! With Kelly and Michael" sharing a hug with K'Naan, 36, a Somali-Canadian rapper.

Even more interesting: He was holding her award. We already know Nyong'o is a fan of his music, with her makeup artist recently revealing how the actress turned her on to K'Naan. Plus, he Instagrammed a barely there photo of the two of them a few months ago. But is something more going on? Right now, it remains unclear. Lupita's rep did not respond to our request for comment, and the K'Naan rumors are among many that have surfaced this season. First up was Lupita's alleged dinner date with fellow Oscar winner Jared Leto, who jokingly called her his "future ex-wife" during his Independent Spirit Awards acceptance speech. On Wednesday, they were photographed sharing a laugh during Paris Fashion Week. Meanwhile, the London Sun (aka the Grain of Salt Times) claims she has an "incredible connection" with her "12 Years a Slave" co-star, Michael Fassbender, who joins castmate Chiwetal Ejiofor as grist for the Lupita rumor mill. According to the tab, Fassy brought his mom to the Academy Awards to show Nyong'o that he wants to "get serious." Not so, says a source close to the pair, who assures Gossip Cop that the story is "100 percent false."