Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel To Rewrite 'Us & Them' For Billy Crystal

Writers Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel are set to re-write the Billy Crystal comedy "Us & Them."

The duo are no strangers to writing for Crystal having penned "City Slickers," "Forget Paris" and "Father's Day," and will take a stab at the original script by Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse ("Surf's Up"). A co-production between Walden Media and Fox, the project was picked up in turnaround from Paramount and is on a fast-track.

The story will find Crystal, 62 years old (wow, time flies....), playing a "grandpa left alone to care for his grandchildren. He has to overcome generational shifts to bond with the kids, and try to repair a rift with his daughter." Sounds pretty unbearable. Maybe we'll dust off "When Harry Met Sally" instead, and hell, maybe "City Slickers" too.