Sony Pictures Animation has picked up rights to the Atari videogame RollerCoaster Tycoon , with Harald Zwart (The Karate Kid remake) heading up the development of the project.

According to, Zwart may also direct the film adaptation. Norbit writers David Ronn and Jay Scherick will script what is envisioned to be a combination of live-action and CGI. The pair also wrote The Smurfs for Sony, another live-action/CGI mix. RollerCoaster Tycoon is a series of games where the player gets to design -- no duh -- roller coasters and also manage amusement parks. Reportedly the games have generated more than $300 million in sales and are the third-best-selling PC title of all time in the U.S.Atari's Jim Wilson will executive-produce along with Nick Reed and Zwart.