Ben Affleck Signs Up For Jennifer Aniston Film, Start Running Now

Imagine that you're a Hollywood studio executive and someone pitched you a movie starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, that annoying kid from the last Die Hard movie to be directed by the guy who did License To Wed.

Now, at what point would you set the dogs on him? Personally we'd have lasted until the 'Aff' in Affleck, but that's just us. Anyway, some people must like the idea of Jennifer Aniston, Justin Long and Drew Barrymore starring in a film made by the man responsible for dressing Robin Williams up as a vicar and letting him gurgle on in 12 different voices for 90 minutes, because that film is being made, and it's called He's Just Not That Into You. And Scarlett Johansson is in it. And the crap one from Entourage is in it. And Ben Affleck has just signed up for it. Still, He's Just Not That Into You won't be released for a couple of years, so you've got plenty of time to bury your head somewhere safe before it's released, like a gas oven.

If there's one phrase that's guaranteed to strike fear into the heart of any man who's promised to take their girlfriend to the cinema it's "interconnecting story arcs that deal with the challenges of reading or misreading human behaviour" because that just sounds like an even more depressing version of Babel. And since that's how He's Just Not That Into You is being described as - and since He's Just Not That Into You can also be described by the phrase "starring Ben Affleck" we're pretty sure it's a movie we'll miss in 2009. Reuters has details:

Ben Affleck and Kris Kristofferson are joining the all-star cast of the ensemble comedy "He's Just Not That Into You." Already on board are Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Connolly, Justin Long, Ginnifer Goodwin and Drew Barrymore, who is also producing. The film's interconnecting story arcs deal with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior. Affleck will play Aniston's boyfriend, a man whose unwillingness to commit to marriage puts great strain on their relationship. Kristofferson will play Aniston's father.

We're sure that Ben Affleck hopes He's Just Not That Into You will mark a turnaround for his acting career - although, after Gigli, Jersey Girl, Paycheck and Daredevil a YouTube video of Ben Affleck being attacked by a gerbil would mark a career turnaround. But maybe Ben Affleck saw something in He's Just Not That Into You that he thought would help him continue his Venice Film Festival award-winning hot-streak while simultaneously letting him quit his day-job as a professional deodorant salesman.

Or maybe Ben Affleck was tempted to join He's Just Not That Into You because Jennifer Aniston is in it. After all, Jennifer Aniston was recently named as Hollywood's most bankable female star - no, we haven't been able to get our heads around it either - which could be a sure sign of success for the movie. Or maybe Ben Affleck signed up for He's Just Not That Into You because Drew Barrymore is in it, ensuring that Ben Affleck will only be the second-most annoying person in it. We guess we'll see in 2009 when He's Just Not That Into You is released. Or, more likely, we won't.

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