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.

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