However, the work never went anywhere, and the star said, "As I got more successful, I kept hoping they (film developers) wouldn't realize I was the same Jason Segel as the Jason Segel they bought the script from (before he became famous)." Luckily, they didn't, and eight years later, the funnyman and occasional puppeteer was able to buy the work back for the same price he sold it.

Segel wouldn't dish a lot of deets about the trilogy (no character talk or a title being thrown out there), but he did mention, "It's about kids facing their biggest fears, that's about all I can tell you."

He added that there's currently a "bidding war" between publishing houses and that he expects it to be released later this year.