"There was a long line of people to play Penny and New Line wanted Amanda," Shankman said. "And I was on the fence about it." The studio made a deal with Shankman. If he picked Bynes, executives would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Penny peers through a window in "Hairspray" (2007) - New Line Cinema Nowadays, it's hard to imagine the big-screen adaptation of ...

Amanda Bynes and Zac Efron nearly weren't welcomed to the '60s. Hairspray director Adam Shankman broke down the casting process for the movie musical on a recent episode of the And That's What You ...