Cameron Diaz and Stephen Merchant Starring in New Rom-Com

Merchant will also direct the new film, which will find him as a workaholic who needs a fake wife for appearances, and ends up hiring Diaz’ stand-up comic.

(Left) Academy Award presenter Cameron Diaz arrives at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Credit/Provider: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. (Right) Stephen Merchant in 'Hello Ladies'. Photo: HBO.

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Cameron Diaz will star with Stephen Merchant in a new rom-com.
Merchant is aboard to direct.
Amazon MGM Studios is backing the movie.

Since she returned to screens with last year’s Netflix action comedy effort ‘Back in Action’, Cameron Diaz has been filling her schedule with projects.

Deadline reports that She’s now aboard a new romantic comedy to co-star (and be co-written/directed by) Stephen Merchant.

The movie is without an announced title at this point, but it does have a studio home, as Amazon MGM has picked up the rights to Merchant’s script, which he wrote with ‘The Outlaws’ collaborator John Butler.

What’s the story of Stephen Merchant’s new movie?

Stephen Merchant in 'Hello Ladies. Photo: HBO.

In a plotline that honestly sounds like it could have come out in the 1990s or mid-2000s, the new movie sees Merchant as a workaholic Brit employed at an upscale New York hotel who needs a wife for appearances.

He strikes a deal with a struggling stand-up comic (Diaz) who is desperate for health insurance.

Their fake marriage starts as a transaction – but ends in a hilariously unexpected romance.

Producers for this one also include Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (via their Point Grey company) and Lee Eisenberg.

When will the new romantic comedy be on screens?

Amazon MGM Studios has yet to announce a date for this one, nor whether it’ll be in theaters or head straight to Prime Video’s streaming territory.

Presenter Cameron Diaz backstage during the 84th Annual Academy Awards® broadcast by the ABC Television Network from the Hollywood and Highland Center, in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, February 26, 2012. Credit/Provider: Darren Decker / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.