Great news - a summer project as we had hoped for. Details below:

From Variety:

Heigl to star in '27 Dresses'
'Grey's' actress to be featured in Spyglass comedy
By MICHAEL FLEMING
Heigl

"Grey's Anatomy" star Katherine Heigl will topline the romantic comedy "27 Dresses."
Scripted by "The Devil Wears Prada" screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna, "27 Dresses" will be directed by Anne Fletcher.

Spyglass is financing the film, and Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Jonathan Glickman will produce. Production begins in New York and Rhode Island in May when Heigl goes on hiatus from the series.

Heigl will play a single woman who has served as a bridesmaid 27 times. She is enlisted once again for the job, and this time it's particularly painful: Her sister is marrying the man the bridesmaid is madly in love with.

McKenna originally hatched the project with producer Bobby Newmyer, who died in 2005. He will be the film's exec producer, and Erin Stam will be co-producer.

Dana Fox ("The Wedding Date") did a rewrite of McKenna's original script, and McKenna is returning to do a final pass before production begins.

Heigl considered several offers after buzz began building on "Knocked Up," the Judd Apatow-directed Universal comedy in which Heigl stars with Seth Rogen.

Fletcher made her directing debut on the dance hit "Step Up," which she also choreographed.

Heigl's repped by Paradigm, Fletcher by UTA.

Ohhh congratulations to Katie . The idea sounds cute.

ETA: Heh I'm the first person to post on the thread.

Congrats to Katie! This is great news!

Yay! This sounds great! Very happy to hear this!

Congrats to Katie . I heard about this movie a little while ago. I loved the concept of "always a bridesmaid but never a bride".

27 times...takes it to a whole new level
I am not sure I have been to 27 weddings and that includes my own

Looking forward to finding out a bit more about this project. If anyone has any more details please post them here.

Seems like "Knocked Up" is going to do wonders for Katie's career

Sounds like a interesting chick flick and should be good. I'm excited for this new project as I am about June 1st.

27 tacky, taffeta dresses, no doubt.
I think this is a smart move, looking forward to it.

Hehe .


I wonder if these include eloping weddings .

Good news! Another Katie movie to look forward to

Nah I've not eloped that often either

Hehe . I think it's a smart idea that Katie is working hard in other mediums, so she isn't only solely on GA . It smart to work in various mediums to get yourself out there . Granted she always done that lol, but I mean some tv show castmembers tend not to do it .

oh wow! this is sooo great! i am already looking forward to this movie and it probably wouldn't be shown until next year. at least we have knocked up coming out this summer. i need my katie fix.

seems like our katie is becoming the new queen of romantic comedies. we haven't had a new america's sweetheart ever since julia and meg gave up on the genre. katie would make a great america's sweetheart, don't you think?




i agree, IAE. i believe the only other people who have been working on other things are patrick and sandra. patrick is also going to shoot a wedding-related romantic comedy this summer and i believe sandra devotes her off-time to theater. the rest of the cast don't have any projects except for grey's.

this is turning out to be a big year for katie. the first quarter isn't even over yet and she already has a fragrance endorsement and a new movie! good for her.

Definitely agree with you jahnnabanana - its turning into a great year - well in fact 2 years for Katie. I am so happy for her success.

I really hope Knocked Up lives up to the buzz - it is getting some amazing reviews - I am struggling to find any reviewer who anything bad to say about it. Hopefully it will do very well.

I am very interested to see who will be cast alongside Katie in 27 dresses - the chemistry between the leads is very important in a romantic comedy after all.

yay katie!!

and who do you think will be able play her sister to make this premise remotely believable? katie is so gorgeous that i find it impossible to think that someone would choose her sister over her.

it might work if charlize theron plays the sister. the two look so much alike that it would make this plausible but i don't think an academy award winner will play second fiddle to anyone.

You think they look alike? I really dont think so myself - both are beautiful of course but in very different ways.

It will be interesting to see who plays her sister definitely. I have yet to see any other casting information for the movie - anyone else spotted anything?

Little bit more about the movie from the director Anne Fletcher:

"Katherine is beautiful, so the fact that [her character] can't get a man is shocking! But it's not about her beauty; it's about what she thinks of herself."

From Hollywood Reporter:

'Dresses' impresses Fox 2000

By Nicole Sperling and Tatiana Siegel

April 2, 2007

Fox 2000 is signing on to produce Spyglass Entertainment's romantic comedy "27 Dresses." James Marsden and Malin Akerman have joined the Katherine Heigl topliner.

Anne Fletcher ("Step Up") is set to direct from a script by "The Devil Wears Prada" scribe Aline Brosh McKenna. "Dresses" centers on a young woman (Heigl) who has made a career out of being a bridesmaid but never a bride and faces her worst nightmare when her sister (Akerman) becomes engaged to the man of her dreams. Luckily, the wedding brings around the man (Marsden) who will change her bridesmaid status for good.

Production is set to begin in May in New York and Rhode Island.

Spyglass' Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Jonathan Glickman will produce. Rodney Farrell is overseeing the production for Fox 2000.

Marsden, best known for his role as Cyclops in the "X-Men" films, next appears in New Line Cinema's "Hairspray," set to bow in the summer. He also will appear in Buena Vista's musical "Enchanted," set for an end-of-year bow. Marsden is repped by Endeavor and Brillstein-Grey Entertainment.
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Akerman most recently appeared in New Line's 2004 comedy "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle." The budding actress will appear in Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Invasion" and Screen Gems' "Brothers Solomon," both set for release this year. She is repped by Endeavor and Sanders Armstrong Management.

Thanks for the update - good to see more people being added to the movie. I am not particularly familiar with either though I've seen Marsden in a few things.

I died, and went to heaven . They got James Marsden . I love him, and what a major hottie . They forgot to mention he was also Richard White in "Superman Returns". Interesting he also co-starred with Patrick in "Enchanted" as well lol.

This is quite interesting...

http://www.newfaces.com/auditions/casting-calls_3748

http://www.showfax.com/role_selection.cfm?...t=3&p=89164

More info:

http://kheigl.com/news/090407-1.shtml

Wow, that was big summary lol. I'm definitely interested in this scene:

I can totally seeing Katie nail that scene .

Providence Journal

CUMBERLAND — Hollywood’s back in town.

A romantic comedy starring Katherine Heigl, of TV’s Grey’s Anatomy, will be filming in Dean Studios, a former warehouse in the Diamond Hill Industrial Park, according to owner Bradford A. Dean.

Construction crews began moving equipment into the 60,000-square-foot space yesterday. Set building is expected to start at the end of the week, said Dean’s son, Brad Dean Jr.

The film, 27 Dresses, takes place in New York City and stars Heigl as a woman who has been a bridesmaid 27 times, then falls in love with her sister’s fiancé just before the wedding.

The screenplay was written by Aline Brosh McKenna, who wrote last year’s hit comedy The Devil Wears Prada.

Dean Jr. said crews will be shooting interior apartment scenes in the studio and one of the first sets to be built will be the apartment’s bathroom.

“Apparently, there aren’t enough bathrooms in the state to accommodate an entire film crew,” Dean Jr. joked.

Filming will begin in locations around the state and New York between early next month and July 4, when Heigl must return to Grey’s Anatomy, according to Steve Feinberg, executive director of the state’s Film and TV Office.

The film is the first production to come to town since CBS pulled the plug on Waterfront, a drama about Rhode Island politics starring Joe Pantoliano and William Baldwin, in November.

That show’s producers converted the warehouse, at 70 Industrial Lane, into a soundstage and office when they signed an eight-month lease in July 2006.

After Waterfront cleared out, Dean Sr. announced his intention to continue offering the warehouse as a film studio.

The studio is a cornerstone in the state’s plan to develop homegrown businesses and talent catering to the film and television industry, Feinberg said.

It is one of the few indoor facilities in the state with the infrastructure to handle a full movie production, which can enlist up to 300 workers and require large amounts of electricity, according to Feinberg.

The Brotherhood, a Showtime TV drama about a Providence Irish clan, is to start shooting its second season in a warehouse in East Providence tomorrow, Feinberg said.

“It is really important that we have houses for these productions,” Feinberg said. “When producer Jonathan Glickman [of Spyglass Entertainment] approached me about this project, Dean Studios was one of the first places I mentioned because it offered a soundstage and office space.”

Dean purchased the warehouse, formerly owned by Alcoa Aluminum, in June 2006, and originally planned on relocating the corporate headquarters of his company, Dean Warehousing Services, there.

But with 27 Dresses locked in for at least five months and the possibility of another film to take its place in August, the Deans say they intend to keep the studio open as long as there is a demand.

Dean Jr. says that other project is Paramount Pictures’ The Fighter, a film about Massachusetts boxer “Irish” Mickey Ward. The film is to be directed by Darren Aronofsky and is to star Mark Wahlberg as Ward and Matt Damon as his brother, Dickie Eklund.

“It is something different for us,” Dean Sr. said. “There is an element of fun to the film studio. It’s a little diversion from the traditional warehousing business.”

Not sure if it was posted, but Malin Akerman was casted as Katherine's character's sister. Source: Watch with Kristin, E!Online.

Oh, yeah. It was posted. Thanks, lyric.

Thanks for the articles you two .

Another movie to look forward to...though it is set for a 2008 release it seems...hopefully not summer or we have another year to wait!

I can't wait for this movie! And to think she is starring along side James Marsden. How sweet is that?!

I have a strong feeling it's also gonna be shown next summer. They haven't even started shooting it and post-production takes forever sometimes. At least we have Knocked Up to look forward to this summer.

another great movie i gotta go see... and this one is alot more my type... GA and KU is doing wonders for Katie

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04292007/tv/no...ge_albiniak.htm

Ed Burns added to the cast:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111796411...yId=13&cs=1

This movie just keeps getting better and better.

I Edward Burns!

I'm assuming Burns is playing the character that exploits Katie's character. He's good in these roles .

Ed Burns in this movie...yes! This is getting better and better!

This confuses me. I read somewhere that he is supposed to be playing the sister's fiance but I also read something about James Marsden playing the very same role. I'm thinking Burns plays the boss and Marsden plays the love interest, ready to help her 'pick up the pieces of her shattered heart' after the wedding. Either way, I'm gonna be happy.

Here is the previous summary Keith posted:
http://www.kheigl.com/news/april07/090407-1.shtml



Due to how the casting news came about I thought it was:

Katie = Jane
James = George
Malin = Tess (hey another Tess )
Kevin should be played by Burns

ETA: Though technically speaking due to the plotline Ed and James will be both playing love interests to Katie's Jane .

You're right, Mel. Ed Burns does fit the Kevin role better but like I said before, I'll be happy either way.


You noticed! I've added that to the Trivia Thread a few weeks ago.

guess Tesses come in a bunch for katie...

More on 27 Dresses.

http://www.projo.com/movies/content/lb_dre...RO.1cbdf86.html

Cool . That solves the male casting confusion . I had it backwards. James can play a very convincing malipulative characters very well, such as in Gossip.

Oh, Yay! Haven't seen them together but I think James and Katie will have great chemistry.


your avi and gif, Melissa. Manda is very talented. I was thinking of using one of hers too.

Thanks . I saw her work, and so had to use it .

Just been reading comments from extras and people in and around the movie at IMDB - seems that they have shot a few scenes and filming has been under way for a few days. Yay I guess it must be quite a tight schedule if Katie is due back on the Grey's set in July as reported.

Thanks, Keith!

that's great... it means loads of work... but also loads of Katie to see

http://offthefencepost.blogspot.com/2007/0...providence.html