Dec 17 2008Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams are the New Regis and Regis's Hot Up-and-Coming Producer

Harrison Ford is going to prove he can still do more than make a less enjoyable Indiana Jones movie. The actor is in talks to star alongside Rachel McAdams in Morning Glory, a comedy about a veteran anchor joining a morning talk show:

[Ford] has been cast as one of the personalities of "Morning Glory," a Paramount comedy that takes place in and around a morning talk show. Rachel McAdams is in final negotiations to join the cast as well.

Roger Michell ("Venus") is attached to direct, and J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk are producing through their Bad Robot banner. Sherryl Clark and Guy Riedel will executive produce.

Aline Brosh McKenna ("The Devil Wears Prada") wrote the script about a grizzled old-school anchor in the Ted Koppel mold (Ford) who quits in disgust with the gossip-heavy direction of the evening newscast. He is then recruited by a hot up-and-coming producer (McAdams) to help revive a morning talk show, only to be paired with his rival.

Could the rival he's paired with be... Diane Keaton, a fellow respected anchor that Ford just can't get along with until their heated arguments rage into fire in the bedroom? God, I hope not. Probably a decent bet though.

Harrison Ford set for 'Morning Glory' [THR]