UPCOMING FOXES: EMILY AND FAMILY GUY

20th Century Fox plans a feature film on "Emily the Strange" that mixes live-action with animation according to Variety.

From her 1993 debut on promotional stickers and T-shirts distributed from the creator Rob Reger's garage, Emily has grown into an entire industry, including an apparel line, three bestsellers published by Chronicle Books and an upcoming quarterly from Dark Horse Comics.

"I had the idea to turn Emily into a movie about five years ago, following the first wave of publicity for the character," Reger said. "Since then, I've been approached by many studios and producers, but only Fox was willing to make me a true partner in the process, and thus ensuring the integrity of the character."

The deal follows Chris Meledandri's (Fox Animation studio) coup of acquiring rights from Theodor Geisel's estate to make a CGI-animated pic from the Dr. Seuss classic "Horton Hears a Who" with producer Blue Sky.

On DVD: Fox has also announced the direct-to-DVD movie Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story Unrated.

In this exclusive 83 minute DVD premiere, featuring brand new, never before seen content, Stewie, the maniacal baby genius, is distracted from his plans for world domination when he sees a man who looks just like him on television. Convinced that this man must be his real father (after all, how could he possibly share genetic material with the dimwitted Peter?), Stewie sets off on a cross-country road trip to find him.

The DVD, will be released on September 27. Bonus features include an alternate "Unrated" Audio Track (!), Full Screen Feature,"Making of" Featurette and more.

"Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin" is something of a thank you to the show's fans who bought so many DVDs, MacFarlane said.