Tim Allen starring in Sci-Fi Comedy Zoom's Academy

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SCI FI Wire taked to Tim Allen, and he told them that he will begin work on the SF comedy "Zoom's Academy", after he completes work on a remake of "The Shaggy Dog".

The movie is based on Jason Lethcoe's comic book. Tim Allen said that the movie is

"about an aging superhero who has lost his powers and is forced to mentor a group of very gifted young people. He has to encourage their handicaps, which are, in a sense, super powers. But on the surface they're handicaps. He tells them that all super powers are that, handicaps on the surface. And by this resurrection of his caring spirit and a big, huge villain, I get my very powerful powers back, and we save the world. ".

"I told them when I signed on, ... 'I don't want it as dark as the "X-Men" or as fanciful as "Spy Kids'". It's in between there. These aren't mutants. These are handicapped children, but the handicaps are special abilities. Of course, I'm from the '50s in the movie, and I say things like, 'And we just have to irradiate them!' I just want to bombard them with gamma rays. And they go, 'No, we don't do that anymore!' That's how I got my powers, but it also made me very sick. It's just terrific. It's so warm and different."

He also explained another reason for his decision to star in this movie with,