TV stars Jon Cryer and
James Spader are returning to the big screen, signing up to
star in Robert Rodriguez's "Shorts," a family adventure movie
that also stars William H. Macy and Leslie Mann.
Rodriguez, who also wrote the screenplay, is serving as his
own director of photography, editor and visual effects
supervisor. The Warner Bros. project is shooting on location in
Rodriguez's Austin hometown.
"Shorts" is set in fictional Black Falls, a suburb where
everyone works for Black Box Unlimited Worldwide Industries
Inc., whose communication gadget is sweeping the country. A
youngster (Jimmy Bennett) discovers a rainbow-colored rock that
grants wishes to anyone who holds it. First it causes havoc
among the kid population, but things get turned up several
notches when adults get their hands on it.
Cryer and Mann play the boy's parents, Spader is Mr. Black,
and Macy is the father of a germophobic genius.
Cryer co-stars with Charlie Sheen in the CBS sitcom "Two
and a Half Men," while Spader stars in ABC's "Boston Legal."
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