HAIRSPRAY Director Will Shoot PLAYING FOR PIZZA
You may have seen director Adam Shankman as a judge on the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance?” but don’t hold it against him. Shankman’s vision for the latest film version of Hairspray was both a critical and box-office hit last summer (nearly $119 million in North America). 
Phoenix Pictures is hoping for more of the same — today, they announced Shankman will direct the adaptation of Playing for Pizza, John Grisham’s novel about about an NFL has-been playing out his days in Italy. (Remember when Grisham adaptations were hard-boiled legal thrillers?)
What do you think? A Good Year meets The Replacements? Here’s what Shankman told Variety:
“… a cross between North Dallas Forty and Jerry Maguire, about a character who fails in the public eye, goes into survival mode as a result.”
Man, that’s aiming high. Regardless, Shankman first returns to his tried-and-true family formula this Christmas, having just directed Adam Sandler in Bedtime Stories. Shankman has directed the weak Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (see review) and the odd Vin Diesel vehicle, The Pacifier.
Production may begin this spring on location in Italy.
Other Posts of Interest
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- Trailer Tuesday: MAMMA MIA!
- Trailer Tuesday: PROM NIGHT
- Adam Sandler’s “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” In Production
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