ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT's Mitch Hurwitz to Direct GUINEA PIGGING

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mitch Hurwitz, the creator of the hit cult comedy series ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, is attached to direct the upcoming film GUINEA PIGGING for Fox 2000.

The film is based upon the "2008 New Yorker article by Carl Elliottthat looked at the community of semi-professionals who spend their lives as test subjects for drug companies, hospitals and universities."

Per THR, the film is described as a "sophisticated comedy about a human drug test subject who volunteers for testing at a pharmaceutical company and experiences unusual side effects."

The film's script comes from NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM writers Tom Lennon and Robert Ben Garant.