And I thought it was weird when one of my most beloved actresses, Emily Watson, paired up with Adam Sandler in
Punch Drunk Love
. Obviously the Oscar nominated actress knocked it out of the park, leading Sandler to his most complete performance ever and giving us the inspiration for the title of our dear blog. But can the
Breaking the Waves 
actress do the same for Kevin James, who only recently was trading barbs with a pack of talking monkeys in Zookeeper?
Variety reports that Watson and
James are set to star in
Little Boy, an indie film from director Alejandro Monteverde. Monteverde's first film,
Bella
, was an award winner at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. Little Boy is set during WWII, and is the story of an 8 year old boy with developmental problems dealing with his father being shipped off to war. Ben Chaplin and David Henrie co-star.
I hope James doesn't catch whiplash from such a dramatic change of pace. He's never really had his dramatic chops tested, unless you count the heavy dramedy,
The Dilemma
. He'll lend his voice to an adaptation of Dr. Seuss's
The Lorax 
soon, and also star in the MMA comedy,
Here Comes the Boom. Watson's last major US film was the meta comedy,
Cold Souls
. She'll be seen next in Steven Spielberg's
War Horse.