Walt Disney Pictures has acquired an original fantasy comedy called Happy Birthday, per Deadline. The writing of the live action feature is being done by Jeremy Miller and Dan Cohn.
Happy Birthday follows a man who, dreading his 40th birthday, vows never to have another birthday again. When he unexpectedly has his wish granted, the man finds that, in the absence of new birthdays, old ones are coming back to him and he’s reliving some of his very worst.
Chris and Jim Whitaker are attached to produce, Jim was the producer behind Disney’s The Odd Life of Timothy Green.
