Cary Elwes has been tapped to star alongside Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher in Ivan Reitman's upcoming romantic comedy. Previously titled Friends with Benefits (until it gave up/lost the title to another comedy starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis), Variety says the film "centers on the question of whether two longterm friends can have a purely sexual relationship without falling in love." For the purposes of mainstream romantic comedies, I say the answer will turn out to be, "No."
Per Variety, "Elwes plays a physician who works with Portman's character and develops a flirtatious relationship." Elwes was most recently "seen" in Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol and will re-team with the director for a "re-imagining" of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine.