Ashley Judd joins Fox's 'Tooth Fairy'

Hockey comedy stars Dwayne Johnson

By MICHAEL FLEMING

Ashley Judd is set to star with Dwayne Johnson in 20th Century Fox comedy "Tooth Fairy," which shoots in Vancouver in October. Michael Lembeck is directing.

Blumhouse's Jason Blum is producing with Mayhem Pictures partners Gordon Gray and Mark Ciardi.

Johnson plays a minor league hockey player nicknamed the Tooth Fairy. Judd plays his girlfriend, a single mother of two kids.

Pic was scripted by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel and Joshua Sternin & Jeffrey Ventimilia. More recent rewrites are by Randi Mayem Singer.

Judd next stars in "Crossing Over," which the Weinstein Co. will release Oct. 24, and she recently completed the indie films "Bug" and "Come Early Morning."

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