Hairspray director Adam Shankman has two new projects ready to roll, Variety reports. Bob the Musical “centers on a mild-mannered man who suddenly hears the ‘inner song’ of people's hearts after being struck on the head.” Shankman is also in negotiations to re-launch Sinbad (the sailor, not the Vegas comedian). “Story centers on Sinbad and his crew, who are marooned off the coast of China and embark on a quest to find the lamp of Aladdin.”

Shattered Glass and Breach writer-director Billy Ray will switch things up with an adaptation of a 1943 horror/fantasy novel. The Conjure Wife “centers on a New England college professor who discovers that his good fortune is the result of his wife's secret, magical interference. When he pressures her to stop, dark forces descend on the couple without her protection.” I think I had that professor.

Not a moment too soon, Barry Sonnenfeld will direct The How-To Guide for Saving the World. “Story's centered on an instruction manual for saving the world left behind by a secret group that protects the Earth from alien invaders but is wiped out,” Variety reports.

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