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Megan Fox  Joins "Friends With Kids" Megan Fox is joining " Friends With Kids ," an ensemble comedy from Jennifer Westfeldt . Westfeldt wrote the script and will star as well as produce with her partner Jon Hamm . She also will direct, with a hand from Mike Nichols and Jake Kasdan, who are executive producing. The project already has cast Adam Scott and Kristen Wiig for the story, which revolves around a pair of thirtysomething 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 date other people. Scott and Westfeldt will play the lead couple; Wiig and Hamm will play another. A third couple has not been cast. Fox will play a girl who Scott begins to date. "It's a very literate script and when Jen met with her, she thought Megan was spot on. When (Fox) picks the right part, she has tremendous value," said Cinetic Media's John Sloss, who is han...

Jon Hamm Has "Friends With Kids" Jon Hamm is starring in  “ Friends with Kids ," which was written by his long time girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt . “ Friends with Kids ” was already previewed on August 1st in a script reading at a theater festival. Now Jon and Jennifer say they’re ready to roll, and are starting to pull together what’s necessary to make “Friends” before “Mad Men” starts again. Westfeldt is an accomplished writer and director, of course. Her “ Kissing Jessica Stein ” is still considered one of the great indie films of all time. Jon Hamm had a walk on in the 2001 production. Now he’ll be the star! The couple also said they’re hopeful Anne Hathaway and Kristen Wiig will be some of the other “Friends with Kids.” Hamm is well on track to leave “ Mad Men ” and become a move star when the TV show’s run is up. His management and instincts keep pointing him in the right directions. Not only is he doing a lot of comedy– as in “Saturday Night Live” and on l...