Fox on 'Neighborhood Watch'

May 05, 2009 Shawn Levy, who had been attached to direct and produce, will now only produce, with "Wedding Crashers" helmer David Dobkin negotiating to direct the project. "Watch" centers on an urbanite who gets more than he bargained for when he moves to the suburbs and joins the neighborhood watch, with a sci-fi element included via a plot line about aliens. Producers are currently out to cast, with conversations under way with Will Ferrell to play the lead, though insiders said those conversations were still in the early stages.

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