Earlier today, we reported that Columbia is trying to get Ivan Reitman off of Ghostbusters III. Of course oddly enough one of their hopes was that Reitman would be too busy to direct the sequel because of his other project for Paramount, Friends With Benefits. Variety now has the scoop on that movie, which will be staring Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman. The script is being written by Elizabeth Meriwether, the youngest member of the so called "Fempire", a group of women screenwriters including Diablo Cody (Juno) and Lorene Scafaria (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist).

The story is somewhat the opposite of When Harry Met Sally, with two people having a purely sexual relationship which begins to blossom into something deeper. The film has a tentative release date of January 7, 2011. The film is set to be produced by Reitman's own Montecito Picture Co., as well as Spyglass Entertainment and Cold Spring Pictures. We'll give you more on the film as we hear of it.