If you ever watched the underrated (and sorely missed) IFC show “Dinner For Five,” you know the show was essentially the playground for Jon Favreau’s post-“Swingers” posse. Favreau was the host, Peter Billingsley (Ralphie from “A Christmas Story”) was the producer and regulars on the show were pals Vince Vaughn and comedian Faizon Love.
The members of this unofficial crew have all worked together at various times, perhaps most recently on “The Break-Up,” which added Jason Bateman to the crew. For their next project, “Couples Retreat” which has turned into a veritable Favreau/Vaughn, frat-pack reunion, the gang have reunited and added females, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis and Malin Akerman to the fold according to the Hollywood Reporter.
“Couples Retreat” focuses on what you’d imagine: four couples on a tropical island resort. One of the couple is working on their marriage and by proxy, the others sucked into the resort’s couples therapy. Hilarity surely ensues.
Billingsley is directing from a Favreau-penned script (which Vince Vaughn will not read and just riff off of the entire time), and Bell will play Bateman’s wife, Davis plays Favreau’s wife, and Akerman will be Vaughn’s bride.
No word yet who will play Faizon’s betrothed. No word when the movie starts shooting, but locations will be in Bora Bora and Los Angeles.
