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Walt Disney and Scott Rudin Prods. are planning to have Hours of Fun, hiring John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein to rewrite Greg Pace's family comedy screenplay.

The tentatively titled "Fun" is the story of two childhood friends who ordered a slew of novelty toys (such as X-ray glasses, Sea-Monkeys and transforming robots) from the back pages of their late-'70s comic books. Thirty years later, the toys begin living up to their wild advertising claims, forcing the pair to save their town from the ensuing chaos.

Bones star Francis Daley (known for his role on Freaks and Geeks) and Goldstein (The New Adventures of Old Christine) sold their comedy spec script The $40,000 Man to New Line last year. The studio set it up at Benderspink and signed Terry Zwigoff to direct. Pace previously drafted a remake of The Tingler for Columbia.

Francis Daley is repped by Endeavor, Kohner and manager Paul Coates. Goldstein is repped by Endeavor. Todd Murata is the Disney executive on the project.

TORONTO -- Terry Zwigoff has been tapped to build The $40,000 Man for New Line Cinema. Zwigoff will direct as well as rewrite the comedy with Dan Clowes, with whom he worked on Ghost World.

Chris Bender and JC Spink of Benderspink are producing the comedy.

"Man" centers on a legendary astronaut who finds himself horribly injured in a crash and is rebuilt by the government to be a bionic man, but on a measly budget of only $40,000. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley wrote the original script.

Dave Neustadter and Cale Boyter are overseeing. Benderspink's Jake Weiner exec produces.

Zwigoff and Clowes garnered Oscar nominations for best adapted screenplay for their collaboration on 2001's Ghost World, which Zwigoff directed. Zwigoff's other credits include the raunchy comedy Bad Santa, the documentary Crumb and last year's Art School Confidential.

Zwigoff and Clowes are repped by UTA. Zwigoff is additionally repped by attorney Warren Dern while Clowes is also repped by attorney Linda Lichter.