Jodie Foster and "Little Miss Sunshine" star Abigail Breslin are near deals to star in "Nim's Island," a Walden Media-financed fantasy.
In addition, Breslin has set another vehicle, period film "American Girl" for Picturehouse and HBO Films.

"Nim's Island" concerns a young girl who accompanies her scientist father to an isolated island in the South Pacific. When he is lost at sea, she communicates electronically with a person she imagines to be a character from a book but is in fact a reclusive author.

Joseph Kwon and Paula Mazur penned "Nim's Island," based on the book by Wendy Orr and Kerry Millard. Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin will direct, with Cary Granat and Paula Mazur producing. Pic lenses this summer, and 20h Century Fox will distribute under the Fox Walden banner.