No, it isn't April Fools Day yet. Now hearing this news, that The Rock was going to be the Tooth Fairy, led me to Bad Santa visions. Or, maybe a bit role in some weird dream sequence -- all the fairy tale people played by muscle-rippling ex-wrestlers. Then again, The Rock is pretty big on his feel-good roles, so it could just be straight up tooth saving -- and that's just what it seems to be. Variety reports that Dwayne Johnson is going to star in an upcoming project called The Tooth Fairy for 20th Century Fox. And these are the pens behind it -- Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel, plus Joshua Sternin & Jeffrey Ventimilia. Ganz and Mandel wrote Splash (Oscar nom), Spies Like Us, Parenthood, City Slickers...

If you're wondering how on earth The Rock could play the dainty, tooth-sneaking fairy, I have two words for you: Michael Lembeck. That not enough? He's the director behind the second and third sequels of The Santa Clause. To top that off, the Variety description goes right along with any logical assumptions made, based on Lembeck: "Johnson will play an ordinary man who's brought in to try to save the tooth fairy kingdom."

Does that mean he won't become the fairy and just help the fairy keep her kingdom, or are they about to get really progressive and slowly morph the beefy star into the petite dental icon of our youth? Production will begin this August.

Odds and ends for Friday:

• Looks like someone has taken a liking to playing the villain. After taking on the Man of Steel's arch-nemesis, Lex Luthor, Kevin Spacey is now attached to a role that will pit him against yet another beloved character -- Santa Claus. Spacey will star opposite Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti in Joe Claus (previously titled Fred Claus), to be directed by Wedding Crashers helmer David Dobkin. As we reported previously, story will revolve around Santa's (Giamatti) bitter older brother (Vaughn) who heads back to the North Pole in order to redeem himself.
• Aww, there's nothing more inspiring than a story about a man and his beloved dog. Jeff Bridges has signed up to star in A Dog Year for HBO Films, to be distributed by Picturehouse. Pic will tell of a man going through a mid-life crisis who has his life turned upside down after taking in a dog that's nuttier than him. I'm game for almost anything Bridges is in, so long as Tim Allen doesn't wind up playing the part of the dog.
• Damn, remember when losing a tooth would net you one, maybe two dollars? However, in order to obtain that money, you were forced to place the tooth under your pillow and listen to stories about a magical fairy arriving at some point during the night. Well, now I understand why she never shelled out more money. That woman was holding out and, with the help of 20th Century Fox, just cashed in on a massive pay day. For a little under $2 million, Fox picked up the pitch (based off a 17-page treatment)  titled, The Tooth Fairy. The script will be written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, based off Jim Piddick's concept. The plot is being kept under wraps, but one can assume it has something to do with the stock market -- er, I mean the tooth fairy.