Megan Fox Joins Jennifer Westfeldt's 'Friends With Kids' Starring Jon Hamm, Adam Scott & Kristen Wiig

Megan Fox has secured her first major post-'Transformers' role joining Jennifer Westfeldt's directorial debut, the ensemble comedy, "Friends With Kids."

Starring Adam Scott and Kristen Wiig as well as real-life couple Westfeldt and Jon Hamm, the story reportedly centers on "a pair of thirty-something best friends who observe the toll that having kids has taken on the couples they know and resolve to bypass that stress by having a child and then dating other people."

Scott and Westfeldt will play the lead couple with Hamm and Wiig play another, and Fox will play a girl Scott begins to date -- not exactly the most challenging, typecast-breaking role, though apparently "when [Westfeldt] met with her, she thought Megan was spot on." A third couple is currently being cast, which we guess may involve talent from an early script reading which featured the likes of Rebecca Creskoff, Rosemarie Dewitt, Noah Emmerich and Scott (who ended up being cast).

Shooting was set to begin sometime this month with a theatrical release for April apparently already lined up. Mike Nichols and Jake Kasdan are exec producing and assisting Westfeldt with her first time behind the camera. [THR]

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Watch: Clips From 'Passion Play' The Worst Movie We Saw At TIFF

"'Passion Play' is a cliche-riddled, risible and utterly painful experience that boasts hallmark sentiments and TV movie-of-the-week sensibilities mixed in a disastrous attempt to make a love story about unearned redemption."

That's what we said in our review of Mitch Glazer's completely ill-advised fairy tale, a film that drew numerous walkouts and bouts of laughter from TIFF audiences. So we're kind of baffled why Image ponied up seven figures for the film with a promise of a theatrical release. We suppose Megan Fox fans will watch anything.

The film stars Fox, Mickey Rourke, Bill Murray and Rhys Ifans and tells the story of a a down-and-out trumpet player (Rourke) who seeks redemption through an angel in 1950s Los Angeles (Fox). The film also stars Kelly Lynch, Rory Cochrane and Bud Cort and nearly starred Toby Kebbell who wisely bailed on the role last minute (Bill Murray took on the part instead; Glazer is an old pal who wrote "Scrooged").

Anyhow, if you're curious about what's in store, check out the new clips from the film below. And in case you missed, there's another one here. No release date has been announced, but the film will likely hit theaters next year.

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