Do More With Reuters
Partner Services

Five sign on to haunt "Girlfriends"

Mon Feb 4, 2008 12:36pm IST
 
Email | Print | | Single Page
[-] Text [+]

By Gregg Goldstein

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The Matthew McConaughey/Jennifer Garner romantic comedy "The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" has added Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Anne Archer, Amanda Walsh and Emma Stone to its cast.

Directed by Mark Waters ("Freaky Friday," "Mean Girls"), the New Line film stars McConaughey as Connor, a womanizer who attends the wedding of his younger brother (Meyer) and bride (Chabert). There, he's haunted by several old flames, including the bride's best friend (Garner).

Archer plays the mother of the bride, a potential Connor conquest, and Walsh plays the only bridesmaid he hasn't conquered. Stone plays the supernatural Ghost of Girlfriends Past who guides him through his romantic history in this take-off on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."

Jon Lucas and Scott Moore penned the screenplay.

Ben Affleck was set to star in the project before Disney pulled the plug on it in October 2003.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Dubai Debt Fears

Villas are seen on the The Palm, Jumeirah, with Atlantis, The Palm, under construction on the breakwater (crescent), May 3, 2008.  REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh

Banks outside the Gulf played down their exposure to Dubai debt, after fears the emirate could default and even derail world economic recovery prompted a sell-off in global markets.  Full Article | Slideshow 

Photo
A man walks with the Indian national flag in front of the Taj Mahal hotel, one of the sites of last year's militant attacks, in Mumbai November 26, 2009.  REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe
One Year Later

Mumbai held tearful memorials as it marked the first anniversary of militant raids that killed 166 people.   Full Article | Full Coverage