Along with the news of Stephen Graham’s appearance in the fourth “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Production Weekly also today brings news that Colin Farrell will join Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, John Krasinski and Colin Egglesfield in the romantic comedy “Something Borrowed,” based on the novel by Emily Giffin. which begins filming in The Hamptons in a few weeks.
The plot follows the impending nuptials of Darcy and Dex (Hudson and Egglesfield), which are disrupted when Rachel, Darcy’s best friend, begins an affair with Dex. Krasinski plays Rachel’s best friend, while Farrell is set to play Marcus, a friend of Dex who plays a key role in the plot, that we won’t give away here. Most of the actors are also signed for a sequel, “Something Blue,” also written by Giffin. That book largely focuses on Darcy as she begins the novel….well, we’re not gonna spoil that here. Needless to say, you can expect most of the cast to return for the sequel.
While, generally speaking, we’d rather choke to death on confetti than sit through another insipid wedding-themed rom-com, this has the potential to be a little more interesting than most; the plot sounds a little more adult than, say, “Made of Honor,” and Luke Greenfield, the director of terminally underrated Playlist favorite “The Girl Next Door” is at the helm. Plus, Farrell’s been on a roll recently, and has surprisingly never done a rom-com before, so presumably something besides an easy paycheck has attracted him to the project?