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Garry Marshall loves 'Valentine's Day'

By Adnan Tezer May 12, 2009, 22:20 GMT

Garry Marshall will be directing an all-star cast for New Line’s romantic comedy, “Valentine’s Day.”According to The Hollywood Reporter, Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Shirley MacLaine, Bradley Cooper and Ashton Kutcher are in final negotiations to star in the movie, which involves five interconnecting stories that evolve during a Valentine's Day in Los Angeles.As of now, the storylines include: Roberts as an army officer on leave from Iraq on a flight to L.A. Cooper, on the same flight, is a gay man whose lover is a closeted football player.Kutcher as a flower shop owner who proposes to his girlfriend (Alba), only to realize he is in love with his close friend, played by Garner, who discovers her boyfriend is married.MacLaine as Roberts' mother, who reveals to her husband a long-ago affair.Hathaway as an assistant working at an A-level talent agency in town and dating a mailroom assistant; Biel as a publicist who has no date on Valentine's Day. Mike Karz and Wayne Rice will handle producing duties. Katherine Fugate wrote the first draft, while Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein wrote the latest.New Line is hoping that the ambitious “Valentine’s Day” can copy the success of their recent ensemble romance “He’s Just Not That Into You.” “Valentine’s Day” already has a mid-$30 million dollar budget although New Line would not comment on it at this time.