Drew Barrymore’s New Comedy
Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Justin Long and Ginnifer Goodwin are in negotiations to star in “He’s Just Not That Into You,” an ensemble comedy that Drew Barrymore will produce and star in.
The New Line Cinema project is based on the best-selling book about modern-day relationships and how men and women often misconstrue the intentions of the opposite sex.
Almost in a “‘Traffic’ of comedy” style, the Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior. Jennifer Connelly (”Blood Diamond”) plays a woman stuck in a tired marriage with Cooper’s (”Wedding Crashers”) character. Kevin Connolly (”Entourage”), meanwhile, is a man pining after a woman, still not cast, who is having an affair with Cooper.
Goodwin (”Big Love”) is a young woman obsessed with Kevin Connolly’s character who tries to set up accidental meetings with him only to run across his friend, played by Long (”Live Free or Die Hard”), who takes her on as a “My Fair Lady” experiment.
Barrymore (”Lucky You”) plays a woman perpetually confused by dating, now more than ever in a culture that is more obsessed with technology than actual human contact.
Production is due to start early September in Los Angeles. Ken Kwapis (”License to Wed”) will direct.