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Comedy writing duo Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir have sold the pitch Infantile to MGM for mid-six against high-six figures, sources said. The pitch, to be produced by Catherine Paura, Joe Farrell and Josie Rosen, is described as a high-concept comedy for a male actor. At MGM, executive vp production Elizabeth Ingold and director of creative affairs Erik Baiers are overseeing. The deal follows on the heels of the writing job Hilgenberg and Muir did for MGM and Paramount on Yours, Mine & Ours, which is being produced by Robert Simonds. Following scripting duties on the new pitch, Hilgenberg and Muir have been tapped to do a Page 1 rewrite on San Antonio for Antonio Banderas' Green Monkey Prods. and Fox Searchlight Pictures, sources said. The writers are repped by Sandy Weinberg at the Summit Agency. Their other projects include Father Knows Best at Nickelodeon and Paramount, Scared Guys at Columbia Pictures and Doubting Thomas at Bill Mechanic's Pandemonium.