Posted: Wed., Jul. 26, 2006, 9:00pm PT

Helmer babies project

Chandrasekhar to direct 'Babymaker'

Jay Chandrasekhar will direct "The Babymaker" for Warner Bros. Pictures. Kevin Hefferman, one of Chandrasekhar's cohorts in comedy troupe Broken Lizard, will star.

Penned by "Ice Age: The Meltdown" scribes Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow, story centers on a guy who fails in his attempts to have a baby with his wife so he and his buddies stage an elaborate heist to retrieve a deposit he made years ago at a sperm bank.

Chandrasekhar's shingle Broken Lizard Industries, which has a three-year first-look pact with Warners, is producing along with Gerber Pictures.

The shingle next has "Beerfest" in theaters on Aug. 25 from Warners and is writing "Nutcracker" for the studio.


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