HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Gerard Butler has signed up to star opposite Katherine Heigl in the battle of the sexes comedy "The Ugly Truth."
The film centers on a romantically-challenged news producer (Heigl) who is forced to hire an obnoxious self-proclaimed relationship expert (Butler) for her show. His theories end up helping her get the guy of her dreams.
The romantic comedy will be directed by Robert Luketic.
"The Ugly Truth is one of the funniest scripts I have read in a long time," Luketic told The Hollywood Reporter last November. "It's an honest and, at times, ribald exploration of men, women and the complicated relationships they weave."
Butler made headlines in December when he injured his co-star, Hilary Swank, while filming the movie "P.S. I Love You." The 38-year-old Scottish actor's trouser braces became snagged during a striptease scene and ended up belting Swank in the forehead, sending her to the hospital.
"It was maybe my worst day as an actor," he said. "I can laugh now because she laughs at it and quite enjoys telling people the story."
"The Ugly Truth," which is scheduled to begin schooting in April, reunites the "Legally Blonde" team of Luketic and writers Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith.
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