She might not have many friends in the blogosphere (you should have read some of the vitriol that emerged from “The Bounty Hunter”) but Jennifer Aniston, at least by the numbers, could definitely be considered an A-List actress. To us, she’s still a TV-level talent, and she hasn’t really been the best part of even passable films, but there’s something to be said about good career moves.
Aniston may have lucked into two more interesting choices with a couple of high profile comedy vehicles coming down the pipe. First, she’s starring as the female lead in the “Wanderlust,” where she and Paul Rudd would play a couple who retreat from city life to join a commune. The project is a recently announced superstar comedy union between the fellas of “The State” and Judd Apatow, as Apatow is producing the script from Ken Marino and David Wain with Wain slated to direct. Wain impressed studio execs by salvaging Luke Greenfield’s “Role Models” during massive reshoots, but he also earned a lot of cred by turning down a chance to direct “Little Fockers.” With a solid budget and studio backing from Universal, we’re excited to see what the Apatow-Wain union produces.
Aniston is also set to join the quickly-forming black comedy “Horrible Bosses.” Yesterday we reported on Colin Farrell joining the production, but he’ll have some formidable company, as Aniston, Jason Bateman and Charlie Day have been added to the cast. Bateman and Day would play two of three friends hoping to unite in order to murder their own bosses, and two of the three bosses would be Aniston and Farrell.
The studio is still looking to fill those two more roles, though formerly attached talent like Ashton Kutcher, Paul Rudd, Dax Shepard, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Matthew McConaughey has moved on. New Line is moving forward confidently, though save for Aniston none of the attached talent seem particularly bankable on their own. It’s Day who we’re most interested in. The “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” star is said to steal the majority of scenes in the upcoming “Going The Distance,” leading to the plum role as a victim to Aniston’s sexual advances. Day is a curious comedic talent with a serious live wire appeal, and we’re interested to see how he plays in the major studio sandbox, as he could be a Zack Galifiniakis-level breakout star.