Sandler to star
in and direct Shankman's production of Bedtime Stories

Adam Sandler will star in and direct Bedtime Stories for Walt Disney Pictures, reports Variety.com. Stories will be executive produced by Adam Shankman (Hairspray), Jennifer Gibgot, and Ann Marie Sanderlin. It will be produced by Gunn Films, and Sandler and his producing partner, Jack Giarraputo, through Happy Madison Productions.

The comedy will feature Sandler as a real estate developer whose life becomes chaotic when the elaborate bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew come true.

Shankman directed Bringing Down the House and The Pacifier for Disney's Mouse House. (The Advocate)