Check out some of these credits: Night Shift, Splash, Spies Like Us, Parenthood, A League of Their Own, City Slickers, Multiplicity, Robots, Fever Pitch...
Writing duo Babaloo Mandel and Lowell Ganz wrote those movies.
Sure, the best ones are the earlier ones, not so much the recent ones... But these guys got their start on Happy Days... Ayyyye!
So, when these two veterans walked into Fox Studios and pitched them on the idea of a guy who is forced to serve time as the TOOTH FAIRY, of course Fox is going to say, "Here's 1-2 million dollars! Go write it!"
Now, to me, the idea sounds like it belongs along side those films they wrote in the 80's (Guess which one i left out... Ok, no more guessing... Gung Ho) but hey, I thought The Santa Clause (not theirs) was a dated 80's style comedy and everyone loved that movie.
Can you tell I'm slightly skeptical? Well, I am. But I like nothing more than being proved wrong.
Ok, yeah, there are a lot of things i like more than being proved wrong... I was just trying to make a point.
Have a nice weekend.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
