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Adam Shankman to direct "Bedtime Stories"

By: Karl Schneider
 Date: Thursday, February 08, 2007
Source: Variety

According to Variety, Adam Shankman (Hairspray) has signed on to direct the upcoming fantasy comedy, Bedtime Stories, for Walt Disney Pictures.

The film, based on a script from Matt Lopez, revolves around a harried architect whose life is turned upside down when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew begin to come true.

Shankman is also developing a live-action Aladdin film which is currently being written by Bill Kelly (Enchanted).


KJ's Take:  Movie sounds cute enough, it should be a solid film for fantasy loving parents to take their kids to without becoming mindlessly catatonic.  As for the live action Aladdin film, that's just a head scratcher.

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thucydides1967 • Feb 08, 2007, 04:36am •
A live action Aladdin...Hmmm, with the success of Pirates of the Caribbean. If done right, It could actually be very good. As for Bedtime Stories, I don't know...Jumanji, Zathura, and Night at The Museum worked on a similar fantastical concept. I guess people just don't get tired of it.

• Feb 08, 2007, 05:17am •
Kids films get a lot more leeway with regard to tired plot syndrome. Mainly because, well, kids don't care. They like cliche, simple, funny, standard plots. Go with what works.

snallygaster • Feb 08, 2007, 12:14pm •
Yep, kids can watch the same movie over and over until it drives their parents insane.

This does sound a lot like the Jumanji, Zathura, Night at the Museum sort of family movie that seems to becoming its own sort of subgenre. They're not great movies, but they are a lot of fun and have the same sort of no-limit imagination that kids have, which I think is part of their appeal.

A live-action Aladdin also has a lot of potential. We're about due for a retelling, it's been 15 years since Disney's animated version and decades since there's been a major live-action theatrical version.

muchdrama • Feb 08, 2007, 02:30pm •
Shankman=Hack.

aegrant • Feb 09, 2007, 11:58am •
Wow Drama that was kind of harsh.

muchdrama • Feb 09, 2007, 01:27pm •
"The Wedding Planner"?

"A Walk to Remember"?

"The Pacifier"?

"Cheaper by the Dozen 2"? (Ugh!)

The only thing he's done that was remotely entertaining was "Bringing Down the House".


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