VIDEO : Kate Beckinsale Teams With Director Adam Shankman For New Project

Hairspray? and ?Rock of Ages? director Adam Shankman has signed on to direct Kate Beckinsale in an adaptation of Ashley Prentice Norton?s novel ?The Chocolate Money. The coming-of-age film, which Beckinsale will also produce, stars the actress as a rich chocolate heiress, Babs Ballentyne, and her relationship with precocious young daughter, Bettina. Cornerstone Films is handling international sales and distribution and will commence sales at the European Film Market in February, and UTA is overseeing the U.S. sales.