April 30, 2010
Adam Shankman Wants to Go to Oz
Sam Mendes has been rumored for Disney's pending "Wizard of Oz" prequel -- but he could have some strong competition from Adam Shankman, who the Los Angeles Times says would very much like to direct the project.
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January 6, 2009
Adam Shankman Says Bye Bye Birdie
Now that "Bedtime Stories" is out and doing well in theaters, director Adam Shankman has his choice of projects -- and he's set his sights on Columbia's long-in-the-works remake of "Bye Bye Birdie," which he's agreed to "develop and produce."
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January 6, 2009
Hairspray 2 to Feature Diet Pills, New Villains
Remember all those nutty "Hairspray 2" details shared by Marc Shaiman a couple of weeks ago? Well, according to director Adam Shankman, they're all true -- although he seems eager to subtract the strangest elements from John Waters' script treatment.
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September 26, 2008
Trailer Bulletin: Bedtime Stories
You may have already seen the leaked YouTube version, but if you want to watch the trailer for Adam Sandler's "Bedtime Stories" in glorious HD, now's your chance -- the official clip is up at Apple.
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February 28, 2008
Get Ready for Step Up 3-D
First, Disney ordered you to Step Up, and you complied. Then, they demanded that you Step Up 2 the Streets -- and you did that, too. You know what comes next, right?
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September 26, 2007
Total Recall: The Game Plan and Big Guys With Small Chicks
The Rock takes a career adjustment into comedy with this Friday's The Game Plan, playing a quarterback confronted with a daughter from an earlier relationship. This week, we'll look at other action stars who have opened up their Lunchables and shared the limelight.
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July 23, 2007
Pfeiffer Not So Bad in Stardust
The previews for Stardust show Michelle Pfeiffer as the big bad villain. She's the old witch using evil magic to stop the hero from rescuing the star. But she's asking for a little forgiveness, for you see, she's just one of many in the graphic novel fantasy.
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July 20, 2007
Hairspray: Making Musicals Hot Again
Adam Shankman and star Nikki Blonsky of Hairspray (Certified Fresh, folks!) talk remaking John Waters' classic, what Dreamgirls and Chicago got wrong, how Shankman's come to terms with making The Pacifier, and why gay, chubby, or neither, Hairspray's for you.
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July 19, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Can Chuck and Larry Beat Up Harry?
Two new star-driven Hollywood comedies face off at the box office this weekend in an attempt to unseat Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix from the top spot. Adam Sandler headlines the gay marriage pic I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry while John Travolta goes one step further starring as a heavy-set mom in the musical Hairspray. For the first time in nearly a month, no new release gets an early midweek headstart.
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July 5, 2007
Sandler To Channel Jim Carrey in "Bedtime Stories"?
Adam Sandler has his own brand of comedy and scripts are usually tailored to him. His next movie, "Bedtime Stories," feels more like someone else?s style, according to director Adam Shankman. Sandler plays a father whose bedtime stories to his kids begin to come true.
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April 27, 2007
Queen Latifah to Star in "All of Me" Remake
Anyone remember a funny old comedy from 1984 called "All of Me"? Steve Martin found himself half-possessed by the ghost of Lily Tomlin? (I actually love this movie.) Anyway, someone's doing a remake and Queen Latifah is going to star.
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August 17, 2006
Christopher Walken To Shake It In "Hairspray"
What could be better than seeing John Travolta in drag in next year's 60s-era musical, "Hairspray"?? Seeing Christopher Walken hoof his way through the pic, as none other than Wilbur Turnblad, Travolta's on-screen hubby.
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July 17, 2006
Michelle Pfeiffer Signs On to Play "Hairspray" Heavy
She hasn't starred in a movie in quite some time, so let's give a nice welcome back to Ms. Michelle Pfeiffer. She'll soon be starring in the musical adaptation of "Hairspray," in which Mr. Pfeiffer will play the villainous Velma von Tussel.
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March 3, 2006
Travolta & Latifah to Share "Hairspray"
John Travolta and Queen Latifah have signed on to star in New Line Cinema?s upcoming feature film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical "Hairspray," it was announced today by Toby Emmerich, New Line?s President of Production.
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October 4, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: Cheaper By the Dozen 2
As if you didn't see this sequel coming. Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Tom Welling, and Hilary Duff will reunite this Christmas for "Cheaper By the Dozen 2," as directed by Adam Shankman. Oh, and you can see the trailer right here.
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September 29, 2005
Shankman Dances His Way Into "Hairspray" Gig
What's a dance choreographer to do after he graduates to the realm of Profitable Director? Why, he goes back to choreography again, which is precisely what Adam Shankman will be doing for New Line's "Hairspray."
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August 2, 2005
Disney Keeps an Eye on "Flight Risk"
Disney dropped some coin on screenwriter Kyle Long's action-comedy "Flight Risk," says Variety. The undoubtedly family-friendly flick will be about "a hapless young man who's hired by a wealthy father to escort his unusually rebellious 11-year-old son across state lines to a school for troubled kids."
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May 27, 2005
Only in the Movies: Carmen Electra is Eugene Levy's Wife
Not long ago it was announced that Eugene Levy ("American Pie") would be joining the cast of "Cheaper By the Dozen 2," and that the veteran funnyman would play the rival to Steve Martin's good-guy father figure. Now comes word that sultry siren Carmen Electra ("Scary Movie") has been signed to play Mr. Levy's sexy young wife.
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April 21, 2005
Shankman & Sarah Jessica to Spend Some Time in the "Slammer"
Now that "Sex and the City" is over and done with, actress Sarah Jessica Parker is grabbing on to a few movie roles, one of which will be the dark comedy "Slammer." According to Variety, "Parker plays a pushy publicist who's wrongly imprisoned on the charge she took fashion freebies meant for clients and turned them over to knockoff artists for mass production. Once in Sing Sing, she produces an inmate musical."
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March 14, 2005
Martin to Return for Another Cheap "Dozen"
Variety shares some news that should come as little surprise: Steve Martin has signed on for a sequel to his family hit "Cheaper By the Dozen." Screenwriter Sam Harper ("Just Married") is at work on the screenplay, while director Shawn Levy ("The Pink Panther") will give up the director's chair to Adam Shankman ("The Pacifier").
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March 3, 2005
Disney Goes Nutty and Gives Shankman a New "Job"
Variety reports that The Mouse House has bought the rights to a pitch entitled "Nutjobs," which focuses on "a sufferer of obsessive compulsive disorder (who) teams with a compulsive liar in an attempt to prove their therapist's supposed suicide was murder."
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