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Jennifer Aniston Knocked Up?
Jennifer Aniston Knocked Up?
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By
Nancy Tartaglione-Vialatte
|
Friday, February 06, 2009
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Has
Jennifer Aniston
's dream of becoming a baby mama finally come true? Close ... but not quite.
Jason Bateman
will impregnate Aniston this spring in
The Baste
r
. The fertility-themed romantic comedy from Mandate Pictures and
Blades of Glory
directors
Will Speck
and
Josh Gordon
will shoot later this year in NY from a screenplay by
Allan Loeb
.
Adapted from a short story by
Jeffrey Eugenides
which was published in
The New Yorker
, the film centers on best friends Wally and Kassie. When Wally learns that Kassie is planning to get pregnant via artificial insemination, he replaces the donor's semen with his own and must live with the secret that he is the father of her child.
READ:
Baster
,
The New Yorker
, June 17, 1996
Bona Fide Productions'
Albert Berger
and
Ron Yerxa
will produce. Mandate president
Nathan Kahane
will executive produce along with Aniston and her Echo Films partner
Kristin Hahn
.
As
Variety
points out, the project marks the second artificial insemination comedy to get the green light in recent weeks. CBS Films is moving forward with the
Plan B
starring
Jennifer Lopez
. Last year's
Tina Fey
/
Amy Poehler
comedy
Baby Mama
, also about a fertility-challenged woman, was a box-office success earning $64.3 million worldwide.
CHECK OUT: Hollywood Wiretap
MORE NEWS: It's Official: There Will Be More 'Sex'
Photo(s) by Adriana M. Barraza / WENN.com- © 2009- All Rights Reserved
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