It was all sounding so perfect…

Adam Sandler and Hitch gagslinger Kevin James team up for ൩a side-splitter about two straight firefighters posing as a gay married couple to swindl𒐪e the insurance bods.

As we told you a couple of weeks back, the script for I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry had been hitting Holl෴ywood doormats for years and then recently it received a makeover from Sideways scribblers Alexander Payne and James Taylor – prompting a new round of casting from Universal and the hiring of Wedding Crashers helmer, David Dobkin.

Trade sources suggest however, that Do🌌bkin dropped out yesterday, after citing huge creative differences – Universal say Dobkin simply passed on the project𒉰.

The hunt is now on to install a replacement director - t✅he studio remain confident of keepin𓂃g everything in place for an August shoot.