Isla Fisher is 'Keeping Up with the Joneses'; Hailee Steinfeld Finds 'Love at First Sight'

The upcoming comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses already sounded promising with the oddball duo of buds Zach Galifianakis and Jon Hamm as its stars, but now the film has gotten even better with the addition of Isla Fisher. Directed by Greg Mottola (Superbad), the film centers on a normal suburban couple who discover that their neighbors are undercover spies. Fisher and Galifianakis will be husband and wife, while Hamm is a spy. Fisher was last seen in the crime caper, Life of Crime, and is currently filming Grimsby alongside her husband, Sacha Baron Cohen.

Milk and J. Edgar screenwriter Dustin Lance Black is putting together his first directorial effort since 2010's Virginia. He's lined up Hailee Steinfeld to star in The Statistical Probability Of Love At First Sight, adapted from the Jennifer E. Smith YA book that takes place over 24 hours. Steinfeld plays Hadley, who is stuck at JFK and late for he father's wedding in London. While in the waiting room she meets the perfect boy in Oliver, and their story "about family connections, second chances and first loves" "will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it". Yeah, okay. [THR]

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Jon Hamm and Zach Galifianakis are 'Keeping Up with the Joneses'

Maybe it's the vast physical disparity between the traditionally ruggedly handsome Jon Hamm and the...unconventional Zach Galifianakis, but they make for a great comedy duo. We've seen them on SNL and Between Two Ferns together and both times they were hilarious. So it only makes sense to put their weird chemistry together in a comedy movie.

Hamm and Galifianakis will star in Keeping Up with the Joneses, and if that wasn't promising enough, Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland) has signed on to direct. The film centers on a "type-A couple in an idyllic suburban neighborhood who discover that their new, seemingly perfect neighbors are undercover agents."

Unfortunately, there isn't likely to be spot for Galifianakis to trade verbal jabs with President Barack Obama as he did on Between Two Ferns this week. [THR]

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