Nick Hornby Tackles Babymaking in Animated Film

With three of his books translated to film, plus two more adaptations in the works, Nick Hornby is now getting the hang of writing directly for the screen. But his latest side project reaches beyond his usual fortes of music, sports and love, to explain matters a bit more biological.

The Babymakers, conceptualized as a feature-length animated film, personifies bodily functions as "the little creatures inside the body that put the components of a baby together," as slated producer Finola Dwyer told The Guardian. The script's plot twist: one of those creatures, Toe, goes missing.

Hornby first mentioned The Babymakers back in July, as he began preparing for next week's release of his new book, Juliet, Naked. He now plans to complete the script early next year, once he finishes writing lyrics for the next Ben Folds album.

"As with everything else in the world of cinema, there is only the remotest possibility of this ever happening," he wrote in his blog. Of course, had High Fidelity, About a Boy, or Fever Pitch never made it to the big screen, we may have actually believed this modest line.

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