Tea Leoni has joined the romantic comedy
Ghost Town which is set to begin production this October. Writer/director
David Koepp is helming the picture, his first since
Secret Window in 2004 though you will have seen the product of his writing since then in
War of the Worlds and
Zathura: A Space Adventure. He has also wrote the script for
Indiana Jones IV.
Ricky Gervais makes his film debut alongside
Little Miss Sunshine actor
Greg Kinnear...
The story revolves around a misanthropic dentist (Gervais) who dies for seven minutes during a colonoscopy. Recovering, he can see the dead and is bothered by the ghost of a businessman (Kinnear) who wants the dentist to break up the impending marriage of the ghost's wife, played by Leoni.
Sounds like a fun movie but I still can't get over the fact that Ricky Gervais is leading it. He's a talented guy and he is funny at what he does... but a leading man? Honestly? I can't see it.