By Sarah Sluis
Warner Bros. announced today that Anne Hathaway will star in the romantic comedy Fiance, about a
woman who suddenly calls off her engagement to the "perfect" fiance. The project will be receiving a rewrite before going into production in March, squeezed in before the shoot for her fellow Warner Bros. picture, Get Smart 2.
Only a month ago, the trades reported that Hathaway would star in The Opposite of Love at Fox, also about a woman who breaks her engagement to the "perfect" fiance. The plots were so similar I had to check to see if the script had merely changed studios, but it looks as though Hathaway jumped ship for a look-alike plot. Based on the similarities between the two, it seems likely that Warner Brothers was able to poach Hathaway from Fox based on an offer of better scheduling or salary. Certainly, the fact that her upcoming shoot for Get Smart 2 is set up at the same studio minimizes any tension over scheduling conflicts.
The trailer for Hathaway's next romantic comedy, January's Bride Wars, released in theatres a couple weeks ago. She and Kate Hudson co-star as best
friends turned bridezillas who go to war after a scheduling error
leaves them to fight over one remaining slot at the Plaza. I imagine this film will be popular among bridesmaids who have "been there" with a demanding friend, but I think the stereotype of a bridezilla is just that, and the prospect of seeing two women fighting with each other for an hour and a half about something stupid and meaningless depresses me. I am slightly more enthused about Fiance than Bride Wars. Rachel Getting Married, the first part of the Hathaway wedding trilogy, I heartily recommend.
The busy actress will also be seen in this weekend's limited release Passengers, a supernatural thriller about a post-trauma therapist whose patients, including one with whom she has a romantic entanglement, start disappearing after a plane crash.
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