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Asthon Kutcher, Natalie Portman Set for Ivan Reitman’s Friends With Benefits Film

Natalie Portman
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Natalie Portman
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher will co-star in a new romantic comedy with the working title Friends With Benefits, according to a report in Variety. Ivan Reitman will direct the project, which features a screenplay by Elizabeth Meriwether.

No details have been released about the movie’s plot. Shooting on the film is scheduled to begin in May.

Portman has starred on Broadway in The Diary of Anne Frank and in the Shakespeare in the Park production of The Seagull. She was recently seen on the big screen in Brothers and her many upcoming films include Thor, Your Highness, Black Swan, and Hesher. Among Kutcher’s many credits are the recent Valentine’s Day as well as Spread and The Guardian. He is perhaps best known, though, for his portrayal of Mike Kelso on That 70s Show.