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Just wondering... but isn't this based off a book by William Sleator?

posted 14 years ago by nicholasangle777
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Actually I can answer my own question. It is. Why isn't William Sleator credited for coming up with the story. Jean-Baptiste Andrea is credited for coming up with the story, and writing it. Do you guys have an answer?

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[–] pinogrigio 14 years ago

Considering the time it takes to write a movie, get it into production and make it, this movie was written around 2004 at best. The book you refer to was published two years later.
If somebody inspired somebody else, it's actually the other way around.
Most probably, it's just a case of simultaneous ideas...