Adam Shankman is boarding that ship, developing and directing THE 8th VOYAGE OF SINBAD for Columbia and producer / noisemaker Neal Moritz (STEALTH, XXX).
This time, the scimitar-wielding Sinbad take a grand voyage in eighth-century China on a quest to find the Lamp of Aladdin (obnoxious blue genie not included). Along the way they encounter a gorgeous empress, battle huge CG monsters, and tangle with a supernatural Chinese general.
If this sounds somewhat familiar, it’s because Rob Cohen (THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR) was previously set to direct the project, with none other than Keanu Reeves as the Arabian adventurer and stop-motion FX godfather Ray Harryhausen as creative consultant.
Now we get the guy behind BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2 and the impending BEDTIME STORIES. I think I’ll just dig out the old Harryhausen flicks.