Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick have signed up to star in a comedy from John Whitesell and Don Rhymer, the director and screenwriter of Big Momma's House 2.

Entitled All Lit Up, the film will focus on a pair of neighbours whose relations go downhill when one of them decides to decorate his house so brightly that it can be seen from space over the festive season.

Variety reports that filming will begin in May with a view to a holiday release later this year.