The 12-Year-Old Foodie

Everyone's a critic, or so the cliché goes, but not every critic is 12 years old with a tale compelling enough to warrant a big screen adapation. Paramount Pictures has acquired the film rights to a New York Times article about aspiring food critic and Upper West Sider David Fishman. Lorne Michaels will produce (how young can Saturday Night Live's Andy Samberg play?) along with John Goldwyn, who spotted a "youth-themed empowerment film" in Fishman's culinary adventures sans parents. Variety reports that the deal is the 16th movie or television option pact culled from New York Times articles. Frank Bruni, time to step up your game.