Sandler & James are Chuck and Larry
Source: Variety
February 9, 2006
Adam Sandler and Kevin James are near a deal to take the title roles in Universal Pictures' long-developed gay marriage comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, reports Variety.
David Dobkin, who directed Wedding Crashers, is aboard to helm from a script penned by Alexander Payne and James Taylor.
In the film, two straight firefighters pose as a gay married couple in order to qualify for their department's domestic partner benefits.
Producing are Shady Acres' Tom Shadyac, who was once considering helming the film himself with Nicolas Cage and Will Smith, and then Smith and James Gandolfini, starring. Also producing are Michael Bostick and Happy Madison's Jack Giarraputo.
Sandler would start on "Chuck and Larry" after he wraps Reign O'er Me, a Sony drama about a widower grieving over the loss of his family in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Production on that project, written and to be directed by Mike Binder, is set to get under way this spring.
Sony's Sandler starrer Click is scheduled for release June 23. James (The King of Queens) has starred with Smith in Hitch and is voicing Paramount's animated Barnyard, opening October 6.
Source: Variety
February 9, 2006
Adam Sandler and Kevin James are near a deal to take the title roles in Universal Pictures' long-developed gay marriage comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, reports Variety.
David Dobkin, who directed Wedding Crashers, is aboard to helm from a script penned by Alexander Payne and James Taylor.
In the film, two straight firefighters pose as a gay married couple in order to qualify for their department's domestic partner benefits.
Producing are Shady Acres' Tom Shadyac, who was once considering helming the film himself with Nicolas Cage and Will Smith, and then Smith and James Gandolfini, starring. Also producing are Michael Bostick and Happy Madison's Jack Giarraputo.
Sandler would start on "Chuck and Larry" after he wraps Reign O'er Me, a Sony drama about a widower grieving over the loss of his family in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Production on that project, written and to be directed by Mike Binder, is set to get under way this spring.
Sony's Sandler starrer Click is scheduled for release June 23. James (The King of Queens) has starred with Smith in Hitch and is voicing Paramount's animated Barnyard, opening October 6.
