Jason Segel has written a series of books kind of like 'Goonies'

Back before Jason Segel was a mega movie star, he was just a muppet of a young man trying to make it in Hollywood. When he was 21-years-old, Segel sold his first script, a "kids' adventure movie in the style of Goonies or Labyrinth or something like that."

A while back, Segel bought back his own script because Hollywood is a crazy place where even after he became famous and incredibly funny in everything, his first script still just sat around waiting for someone to read it. There was a recent screening of Forgetting Sarah Marshall in New York (because that movie should always be screening somewhere), that was followed by a Q&A with Segel and director Jonathan Demme. Demme encouraged Segel to talk about his new literature project.

Turns out, Segel wrote a series of young adult books based on that original script. Now everyone wants a piece of them.

It's about kids facing their biggest fears, that's about all I can tell you," he explained, adding we should expect a release later this year. There was no talk of title or character names, but Demme made a point to add that the forthcoming series is the subject of a "bidding war" among publishing houses vying to get him under their imprint. Clearly we aren't the only ones who've been pining for Segel all this time. [VH1, h/t Vulture]