I’ve questioned Jennifer Westfeld’s addition of Megan Fox to the cast for her latest, Friends With Kids, noting the romantic-comedy was already stocked with appealing and hilarious actors – among them Westfeld’s real-life beau Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig and Adam Scott – so why ruin a good thing? And while I still worry Fox may drag down the comedy, it’s hard to argue her marketability when these shots posted on her facebook page (via ComingSoon) are already scorching across the blogosphere dragging the name Friends With Kids along with it.
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Photos taken by Hayley Sparks.
Friends With Kids stars Scott and Westfeldt as a couple of friends, who when confronted by the stress conventional childbearing has placed on their peers decide they will avoid the typical pitfalls by having a child together while dating other people. Hamm and Wigg will play a couple –likely beleaguered by parenthood—while Fox will take on a supporting role as Scott’s date, a part that The Playlist notes was rumored to have been intended for Anne Hathaway. Other than being beautiful and brunette, I strain to think of any other likeness exists between the two ingénues, but I remain hopeful that Westfeldt’s heralded script and winsome direction will make Friends With Kids as charming and funny as its leads deserve.
Friends With Kids is set to open in April of 2011.