Reitman takes on Friends with Benefits

Ivan Reitman might be entangled with the development of Ghostbusters 3 with Columbia Pictures, but he’s still putting together other projects for the time being. One of those is the previously titled Fuckbuddies which is now under the new working title Friends with Benefits in which Reitman is going to latch on as director. Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman co-star in the script from newcomer Elizabeth Meriwether.

The logline is being kept under tight wraps, although storyline generally revolves around the ease with which men and women become sexually involved, but have a far more difficult time establishing emotional bonds (Variety). Reitman is also serving as producer along with Joe Medjuck and Tom Pollock who are both working under Montecito Picture Company. Paramount Pictures is handling the distribution for this project.