Jason Reitman to produce 'The Wedding'

Thursday, December 18 2008, 05:56 GMT

By Simon Reynolds, Movies Editor

Juno's Jason Reitman has signed up to executive produce romantic comedy The Wedding.

Jesse Eisenberg will star in the movie as a young man who plans to crash the wedding of an older woman he is enamoured with. Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) will play the bride, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Max Winkler wrote the script for The Wedding.

Reitman is about to helm Up In The Air! with George Clooney and is circling ninja film Bonzai Shadowhands as his next directing job.

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