MUMBAI: The reconstituted MGM, under its new management, that has emerged from bankruptcy, is developing an animated movie based on Punk Farm, a children‘s book by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, as one of its first new projects.

David Silverman, who helmed The Simpsons for Fox in 2007, will direct the film that has a script by David Stern and Jim Hecht. 

The story of the film involves five ordinary barnyard animals who, by night, form a punk rock band. The CG-animated film is being produced by Kevin Messick and Anita Camarata for Prana Studios, which is based in Los Angeles and Mumbai. Incidentally, the studio has worked on projects like Disney‘s Tinkerbell and is currently doing the effects for Tron: Legacy.