After her winning turn in this past summer's indie sleeper hit Waitress, it was inevitable that Keri Russell would finally make the jump from TV stardom (Felicity) to a solid film career.

Now she's been cast opposite Adam Sandler in Bedtime Stories, the latest film from gay director Adam Shankman (Hairspray).

The high-concept movie takes Night at the Museum's mojo and runs with it, as Sandler, telling his niece and nephew bedtime stories, finds those fairy tales coming to life.

Russell will play, naturally, Sandler's love interest.

But here's hoping the role won't be reduced during editing to anonymous, personality-free "girlfriend," a trap many actresses find themselves in as they rise up Hollywood's male-oriented ladder.

After proving she could carry a film on her own, Russell's too interesting for that kind of treatment.

Last update: 12-29-2007 00:12