Disney is ever on the search for a new spin on family comedy. And the Mouse House thinks it’s found one in Alan Freedland and Alan R Cohen’s pitch Jack Of All Trades.
The story revolves around a married doctor who likes the easy life a little too much. When he hires a handyman to take care of all the jobs that his family needs doing, his paranoid brain starts making him worry that this new arrival is slowly replacing him.
"We're both married with kids, and this is that twisted version of the fantasy of hiring someone to do stuff around the house," Cohen told Variety, before hitting his thumb with a hammer and needing emergency thumb re-inflation. Okay, we invented the last part.
There’s no director attached yet, but Adam Shankman – director of Cheaper By The Dozen 2 and the man busy shooting Hairspray – is producing.