After departing "Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events" and "Fun With Dick And Jane", both for budgeting reasons, director Barry Sonnenfeld is now leaving Dreamworks' remake of 'The Heartbreak Kid" for…budget reasons!

Loosely based on a 1972 script by Neil Simon, "Heartbreak" follows the mishap of a newlywed chap who falls for another woman during his honeymoon. No stars are yet attached, even though the project was announced back in April. The studio isn't losing any time, with "Da Ali G Show" director James Bobin already signed to take over.

Sonnenfeld's string of bad luck extends back to his peaking with "Men In Black" and 'Get Shorty" in the mid-90s. He tried and missed 6 times on television, including "Fantasy Island" and "The Tick", got screwed by the 9/11 attacks with his Bomb-in-plane themed "Big Trouble" in 2002, and of course exited 3 movie productions. Not to mention the critical bashing served to "The Wild Wild West" and "Men In Black II".

His only directorial effort since 2002 is a little dark comedy called "White Noise" (not to be confused with the upcoming Michael Keaton thriller), about a Hitler expert who must overcome his fear of death. But even there, details are quite scarce, and the status very shady.

Source: Empire