By Eugene Hernandez/indieWIRE

North American rights to Paul Dinello's "Strangers With Candy", a Park City at Midnight presentation here at Sundance, have been acquired by Warner Independent Pictures, the company announced today.

The film is based on the popular Comedy Central show of the same name. It was written by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, and Stephen Colbert and was produced by Lorena David and Mark Roberts of Roberts/David Films, and by Worldwide Pants Incorporated, David Letterman’s production company, in association with Comedy Central.

[A scene from Paul Dinello's "Strangers with Candy." Photo courtesy the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.]

Dinello's "Candy" is the story of Amy Sedaris' Jerri Blank, a forty-something ex-con and junky who returns home to return to high school as a freshman.

"'Strangers with Candy' completely caught me off guard. It is rude, hilarious and bizarre. We loved it." said Mark Gill, President of Warner Independent Pictures, in a statement. The company plans to release the film this fall.

The movie marks the first feature film for Letterman's Worldwide Pants, which also produces Letterman's late night show and the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.