Movies: Our Idiot Brother Trailer & Pics

Trailer 2, movie poster and a still from Our Idiot Brother, in theaters August 26th.

Rashida plays Cindy, a lawyer dating Zooey Deschanel's character.

Movies: Our Idiot Brother Trailer #1

Teaser trailer for Our Idiot Brother (formerly 'My Idiot Brother') via ComingSoon.net. Rashida plays Cindy, a lesbian lawyer dating Zooey Deschanel's character.

Trailer via ComingSoon.net

Release date: August 26

Cast: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Rashida Jones, Hugh Dancy, Kathryn Hahn, Shirley Knight, Janet Montgomery and Steve Coogan.
Synopsis: Every family has one: the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz (Emily Mortimer), Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel), that person is their perennially upbeat brother Ned (Paul Rudd), an erstwhile organic farmer whose willingness to rely on the honesty of mankind is a less-than-optimum strategy for a tidy, trouble-free existence. Ned may be utterly lacking in common sense, but he is their brother and so, after his girlfriend dumps him and boots him off the farm, his sisters once again come to his rescue. As Liz, Emily and Natalie each take a turn at housing Ned, their brother's unfailing commitment to honesty creates more than a few messes in their comfortable routines. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realize that maybe, in believing and trusting the people around him, Ned isn't such an idiot after all.

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Big thanks to Jen for these old pics of Rashida and her dad. So cute!

November 21, 1987: U2 Party at Jane Fonda's Home in Beverly Hills, CA

April 8, 1988: American Soviet Film Initiative Gala at the Bel Age Hotel in Hollywood, CA

November 23, 1992: World premiere of 'The Bodyguard' at Mann Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA

TV Guide has confirmed Rashida will be reprising her role as Karen Fillipelli in an upcoming episode of The Office. Click here for more info about the February 17th episode.

Some info about her appearance in Fight For Your Right Revisited:
Rashida is one of several celebrity cameos; she gets hit on by the Boys and says "You wish, turkeys!"
--A Guide to Every Celebrity Cameo in Fight for Your Right Revisited, NY Mag

But not just any actors. Seth Rogen portrays the Beasties’ Michael “Mike D” Diamond, Elijah Wood embodies Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and a trash-talking Danny McBride channels '80s-era Yauch via four-day growth of beard and sleazy leather jacket.

The trio rob a bodega, spray beer all over passersby on a New York-esque (read: Hollywood movie studio backlot) street and generally raise havoc wherever they go, terrorizing a Who’s Who of movie bigshots in the process: Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Will Arnett among them -- but also Kirsten Dunst, Rashida Jones and Orlando Bloom (wearing a vintage Def Jam jacket in homage to the group's former record label). But the Beastie party mayhem doesn’t stop there. The “Beasties” are picked up by “metal chicks” portrayed by Chloe Sevigny and Maya Rudolph with whom they ingest whippets and drop liquid acid.

The whole, ahem, brouhaha culminates with a confrontation with none other than the “Beastie Boys from 25 years in the future”: Will Ferrell (as Ad-Rock), John C. Reilly (as Mike D) and a petulant Jack Black as MCA. A wild break dance contest turns into an actual pissing contest that is broken up by a trio of New York cops –the real Beastie Boys.
-- Sundance 2011, LA Times

Two more of her films now have official release dates:

The Big Year will be in theaters nationwide October 14th


indie Monogamy in select cities on March 11

Her other 2011 films are Friends with Benefits (July 22) and The Muppets (November 23).

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Hi everyone and Happy (Belated) New Year! We're still here, still huge Rashida fans and still going to keep the blog going in 2011. We haven't posted for the past few weeks so lots to catch up on. As always, thanks to everyone who sent links and pictures :)

Upcoming Talk Shows
Rashida will be on Conan this Tuesday, January 11 (11pm on TBS)
and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson next Monday, January 17 (12:35am on CBS)

Movie news
The My Idiot Brother official site has been updated with 10 movie stills, including one of Rashida (in some killer glasses!) with Paul Rudd.

[Rudd's character] is then forced upon his youngest sister, Natalie (Zooey Deschanel), whose wild-child past threatens to ruin her happy existence with Cindy (Rashida Jones), an emotionally stable lawyer who has become close to the entire family.

New project
Rashida is in the short film Fight For Your Right Revisited, written and directed by Adam Yauch. It is, of course, about the Beastie Boys landmark music video and is described as "After the boys leave the party..." It has an all-star cast and she is credited as 'Skirt Suit'. The 30 minute short will premiere at Sundance.

The Huffington Post Style section took a look back at Rashida's style over the years with this gallery and poll. The 30 photos range from July 2004 to December 2010.

Rashida Jones's Style Evolution

For more about her fashion favorites check out this Celebrity Style Profile from Steal the Style

Parks and Recreation Season 3 promo

Returns January 20 at the new time of 9:30pm

And for those who don't have the DVD yet you can download the very funny gag reel here. Big thanks to LC for this link :) :)

Upcoming magazine alert
Rashida will be on the cover of Gotham magazine's March issue. Apparently the shoot features richly colored, modern and luxurious pieces. Thanks for the info JJ!

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Updates and images...

The Social Network won four awards from the National Board of Review (Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor). The actual award ceremony will be hosted by Meredith Vieira on January 11, 2011 at Cipriani's 42nd St. in New York City. Rashida of course plays Marylin Delpy, a young lawyer on Zuckerberg's deposition team, in the film.

Monogamy has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in the Best First Screenplay category. The film was written by Dana Adam Shapiro (also director) and Evan M. Weiner, with Rashida and Chris Messina starring as Brooklyn couple Nat and Theo. Monogamy has been screening at select film festivals in America and Europe and will be released in theaters in 2011. The Indie Spirit Awards will be hosted by Joel McHale on February 26, 2011.

My Idiot Brother will premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The film has been selected in the Premieres section, which runs January 20-30, 2011.
Director: Jesse Peretz; Screenwriters: Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall
Cast: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dancy, Rashida Jones, Kathryn Hahn, Shirley Knight, TJ Miller, Janet Montgomery and Adam Scott
Official synposis:

Ned (Rudd) is an idealist. His three sisters (Banks, Deschanel, Mortimer) are ambitious. His mother (Knight) is overbearing. Ned crashes at each of their homes, in succession, and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition into their lives. In other words, he wreaks havoc.
Ned Rochlin (Rudd) looks for the good in every situation and in everyone, which often puts him at odds with the world around him – especially his family. Upon being released from jail for selling pot, Ned turns to his oldest sister, Liz (Mortimer), a high-strung mother of two for a place to stay and a job helping to take care of her 7 year old son River, but his version of what’s fun for kids doesn’t fit with his sister’s carefully crafted child- rearing program. After upsetting Liz’s life, Ned relies on middle sister Miranda (Banks), a career-driven journalist, for a place to crash. He quickly makes a mess of Liz’s big break and shakes up her carefully compartmentalized love life. He is then forced upon his youngest sister, Natalie (Deschanel), whose wild-child past threatens to ruin her happy existence.
Banks, Deschanel and Mortimer co-star as the three sisters whose lives are hilariously disrupted by their well-meaning brother (Rudd). Banks portrays Miranda, the career-driven single sister who is about to get her big break in journalism after spending years writing about accessories at a fashion magazine; Deschanel portrays Natalie, the artistic hipster, a bisexual who’s flakiness and lies are getting in the way of moving forward with her caring, responsible girlfriend Cindy (Jones), who is looking to move the relationship towards a more committed place and; Mortimer portrays Liz, the Park Slope mom who’s too worried about having the perfect life and children to notice that her marriage is falling apart. Coogan portrays Dylan Byng, a self-righteous documentary filmmaker, married to Liz (Mortimer). The two live a supposedly idyllic life in Park Slope, Brooklyn with their young children, River and Echo. Scott portrays Jeremy, Miranda’s(Banks) upstairs neighbor. Dancy portrays Christian, a pretentious painter friend of Natalie’s (Deschanel) who tries to help Ned grow as a person by showing him another path; Hahn plays Janet, Ned’s (Rudd) ex-girlfriend who, out of spite, is keeping him from reuniting with his beloved dog Willie Nelson; Knight portrays Ilene, Ned’s overbearing and over-nurturing mother, who would be overjoyed if her son moved back home and; Montgomery portrays Arabella, a controversial British aristocrat that Miranda (Banks) is profiling for her magazine, a piece that could provide Miranda with the big break she has looking for.

Paul Rudd as Ned (!)

The Muppets
Walt Disney Studios have brought the release date forward to 23 November 2011 (Thanksgiving weekend) instead of Christmas Day. They are also using new title 'The Muppets Movie' over earlier reports of 'The Greatest Muppets Movie Ever Made' (my fave) and 'The Muppets'.

Parks and Recreation official images

Rashida as Ann Perkins



Season 3, Episode 1 (January 20, 2011)

Old images
Thanks to Jen for finding and sending us this old pic of Rashida with her dad and sister.

Date unknown

Thanks to Ramey for this one with Seth Meyers and cast & crew from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It was posted on Jimmy Fallon's facebook with a bunch of other old photos from his SNL and Movie Awards days.

Vanity Fair cover?
The annual Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue is being shot soon and Rashida is rumored to be on the (inside) cover. Pretty exciting!

WWD.com: As for Vanity Fair’s Young Hollywood issue in March, sources said the magazine will shoot the cover next week and among those said to be in the running to be included are Natalie Portman, Ryan Reynolds and James Franco. Potential candidates for the inside cover are said to include Lawrence, Rashida Jones, Paula Patton, Andrew Garfield and Noomi Rapace, who played the lead in the original version of “The Girl in the Dragon Tattoo.” The theme is said to be along the lines of Thirties Shanghai. The list is being altered daily, so the lineup could change, noted one source.

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Variety: 10 Screenwriters to Watch
Rashida and her writing partner Will McCormack made Variety's 10 Screenwriters to Watch list.
Jones & McCormack: Duo mine reality for laughs

Boutiques.com
Rashida is part of Google's new venture into online shopping called Boutiques.com. She has created her own online 'boutique' showcasing some of her favorite items for fall and fans can sign up to follow her. 34 other actresses and celebrities have style profiles on the site, including Carey Mulligan, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Claire Danes, Ginnifer Goodwin, Nicole Richie and Olivia Palermo.

TechCrunch: Google Rocks Fashion...
The site serves as both a search engine for all things fashion and provides a personalized shopping experience through collection of boutiques curated by celebrities, stylists, and designers. Users can also create accounts and post their own boutiques.

Parks and Recreation
Some awesome news about Parks and Recreation's return to primetime: NBC has announced a Season 3 premiere date of January 20, 2011! The show will still air on Thursdays but at the new time of 9:30pm (between The Office and 30 Rock).
EW.com: Inside TV

The Season 2 DVD will be available from November 30 and there are lots of extras on the 4-disc set.
DVD Talk: Parks and Recreation Season 2 DVD Review

The Muppets
Rashida's upcoming film The Muppets has added a whole bunch of new cast members: Alan Arkin, Jack Black, Billy Crystal, Zach Galifianakis, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Glover and Danny Trejo. Details are still sketchy at this point but most are rumored to be cameo appearances.
The Hollywood Reporter: Muppet movie loading up on cameos

Talk Show: Quincy Jones on Late Night...
Finally, a brief clip from Quincy Jones' recent appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The two guys have a little chat about Rashida and her dad is super proud of her. So cute! Thanks to KL for the link :)

PS.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Movies: The Muppets (2011)

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rashida is about to sign on to the new Muppets movie!

Adams, Cooper and Jones joining Muppets movie (exclusive)

Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones are in negotiations to join Disney’s untitled Muppet movie.

Jason Segel is the human lead in the movie, being directed by James Bobin and eyeing a November start in Los Angeles.

The story, by Segel and Nicholas Stoller, sees those wacky Muppets reunite to put on a show in order to save a movie studio.

Adams will play Segel’s girlfriend, who joins him in the quest to gather the Muppets.

Cooper is the greedy villain, who wants to buys the studio to dig for the oil hiding underneath it and who never thought the Muppets were funny to begin with.

Jones would play an ABC exec.

Mandeville’s David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing.

-- Borys Kit in Heat Vision, The Hollywood Reporter

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The movie is scheduled for a December 25, 2011 release and was rumored to be called "The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made".

I think it's her 4th project with Jason Segel after Freaks and Geeks, I Love You Man and the upcoming Friends with Benefits.

Images: Filming Friends with Benefits

Rashida was spotted filming a movie with Jason Segel in LA last week. Apparently it is Friends with Benefits, a comedy starring Justin Timberlake & Mila Kunis due out next summer, but they haven't been named in the cast yet.

Video: The Social Network Teasers/Trailer (update)

Update 2: 19 July, Full-length Trailer

Update: 9 July, Teaser Trailer #2

The New York Times: The New York Film Festival will screen the world premiere on opening night, September 24, before it's released everywhere October 1.

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Sony/Columbia Pictures released a teaser trailer for The Social Network a couple days ago. There's no actual footage but you can hear a brief exchange between Rashida and Jesse Eisenberg, who stars as Mark Zuckerberg.

Release date: October 1
Official site: 500millionfriends.com

Movies: My Idiot Brother

Rashida has joined the cast of My Idiot Brother, starring alongside Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer and Zooey Deschanel. She will play the "caring, responsible" girlfriend of Zooey's character (!!). The film is directed by Jesse Peretz, who also directed the Foo Fighters' Long Road to Ruin video Rashida guest-starred in.

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Banks, Deschanel, Mortimer, Jones join 'Idiot'
THR EXCLUSIVE

Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer and Rashida Jones will star opposite Paul Rudd in "My Idiot Brother," a comedy being directed Jesse Peretz and produced by Anthony Bregman's Likely Story and Big Beach's Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub.

"Brother" centers on an idealist (Rudd) dealing with his over¬bearing mother who crashes at the homes of his three ambitious sisters and brings truth, happiness and a sunny disposition into their lives while also wreaking havoc.

Banks, Deschanel and Mortimer will play the sisters.

Banks is a career-driven single about to get her big break in journalism after spending years writing about accessories at a fashion magazine; Deschanel is a bisexual whose flakiness and lies are getting in the way of moving forward with her caring, responsible girlfriend (Jones); and Mortimer plays a Park Slope mom too worried about having the perfect life and children to notice that her marriage is falling apart.

Evgenia Peretz and David Schisgall wrote the screenplay for the pic, which is slated to go before cameras next month in New York.

Banks, repped by UTA and Untitled Entertainment, next appears opposite Russell Crowe in "The Next Three Days," directed by Paul Haggis. She also will appear in "The Details" opposite Tobey Maguire and Laura Linney.

Deschanel, repped by CAA and Seven Summits Pictures and Management, most recently starred in "(500) Days of Summer" and next appears this year in "Your Highness," starring James Franco and Natalie Portman.

Mortimer, repped by ICM, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Independent Talent Group, most recently appeared in "Shutter Island."

Jones, repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, co-stars on NBC's "Parks and Recreation" and recently wrapped David Fincher's "The Social Network."

By Borys Kit and Zorianna Kit
The Hollywood Reporter, June 8, 2010
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Update: Thanks to reader Ellis for sending this MSN UK link (Zooey Deschanel's bisexual role) about the movie :)

Movies: The Big Year

Rashida has landed another movie role :) She's joined the cast of The Big Year, a birdwatching comedy (?!) starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson. She plays an avid bird watcher and the love interest of Jack Black's character (!?!). Filming started yesterday in Vancouver.

Variety: Trio of actors wing to 'A Big Year'
Frankel starts shooting Fox 2000 comedy Monday
By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK

The cast of Fox 2000 comedy "The Big Year" has just grown bigger, including the additions of Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston and Jim Parsons.

David Frankel begins lensing the previously announced Steve Martin-Jack Black-Owen Wilson topliner today.

Also joining the cast are Rosamund Pike, JoBeth Williams, Brian Dennehy, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Anderson and Tim Blake Nelson; Kevin Pollak and Joel McHale are in talks.

Based on Mark Obmascik's 1998 tome, "The Big Year" is about three men who try to outdo each other during a year-long competition to spot the rarest birds in North America.

Frankel shoots in locations throughout Canada from a script adapted by Howard Franklin.

Jones, who stars in David Fincher's upcoming "The Social Network," plays the love interest of Black's character as an avid birder in the contest.

Also an avid birder, Huston's character captains ocean-going expeditions. Parsons, star of CBS' "The Big Bang Theory," plays the author of a popular avian blog.

Producers of "The Big Year" are Red Hour Films' Karen Rosenfelt, Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld, and Deuce Three Prods.' Curtis Hanson and Carol Fenelon.

--Pamela McClintock, Variety, May 3 2010
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It's based on the bestselling book The Big Year by Mark Obmascik

Link: author's official site with synopsis and reviews

Movies: Monogamy Preview (Video)

indieWIRE has posted an exclusive preview of Monogamy, Rashida's next film, ahead of the Tribeca Film Festival premiere on April 24.

Click for the clip at indiewire.com

Tribeca: Exclusive Monogamy Preview
Forget celebrity bad boys like Eliot Spitzer, Tiki Barber, Jesse James and Tiger Woods. Fidelity in everyday relationships seems to be a hot topic in films these days, from Date Night to micro-indies like Breaking Upwards and The Freebie. Add Dana Adam Shapiro’s feature directing debut Monogamy to the list. The low-budget indie-financed film debuts April 24 at the Tribeca Film Festival (Submarine is selling). Check the exclusive clip below.

The feature debut of journalist/novelist/documentarian Dana Adam Shapiro (Murderball), Monogamy was co-written by Shapiro and Evan M. Wiener and filmed on the Red camera in 22 days around Brooklyn and Manhattan. Thanks to producer Tom Heller (Precious) and casting director Billy Hopkins, Shapiro was able to land Chris Messina (Julie & Julia) and Rashida Jones (I Love You Man) to play an engaged couple who are forced to re-examine their relationship after the wedding photographer takes on a side gig to shoot from afar a mysterious blonde (Weeds’ Meital Dohan) as she poses—increasingly provocatively—in various public Manhattan locations.

The photographer’s reaction to the woman throws his future marriage into new relief, says Shapiro: “He’s struggling with, ‘Am I going to be able to be a good husband over a lifetime with this person?’”
-- Anne Thompson, April 13 2010

Movies: Cop Out stills

Rashida's next film Cop Out will be released nationwide on February 26.

The action comedy (formerly known as A Couple of Dicks) stars Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan and was directed by Kevin Smith. Rashida has a supporting role as Morgan's wife. Some stills:

She looks way too good for Tracy Morgan :)

via /film

Movies: Monogamy's Facebook Page

Rashida's upcoming film Monogamy is now finished and there's a Facebook page for fans to keep up-to-date with all the latest info. The film, which also stars Chris Messina and Israeli actress Meital Dohan, was co-written and directed by Oscar nominee Dana Adam Shapiro.

Thanks to the amazing Jennifer at Rashida Jones Web for the info and banner :)

Synopsis
A Brooklyn wedding photographer three months from tying the knot with his fiance is hired by a woman he doesn't know to take anonymous, surveillance-style photos of her. As his wedding date nears, his growing obsession with his seemingly-liberated, thrill-seeking subject puts his relationship in jeopardy.
via Variety

News: A Director for Celeste & Jesse Forever

According to The Hollywood Reporter, filmmaker Seth Gordon is set to direct Celeste and Jesse Forever for Team Todd/Overture. Seth and Rashida previously worked together when he directed a couple episodes of Parks and Recreation last year. Other news sites are saying filming will start in April.

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'Four Christmases' helmer eyes divorce movie
Seth Gordon to direct Rashida Jones in comedy 'Forever'

Seth Gordon is in negotiations to develop and direct "Celeste and Jesse Forever," a divorce comedy set up at Overture.

Rashida Jones is attached to star and co-wrote the script with Will McCormack, which tracks a couple in the midst of a divorce attempting to maintain their friendship while pursuing new relationships.

Jennifer and Suzanne Todd are producing.

The project was first set up at Fox Atomic, but moved to Overture when that shingle was shuttered.

Gordon made a splash with his documentary "The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters," then jumped into the studio world with New Line's "Four Christmases." The director, repped by WME and Brillstein Partners, is also developing the long-gestating comedy "Horrible Bosses" for New Line.

By Boris Kit, Jan 12 2010
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News: The 2009 Black List

Rashida and Will McCormack's script, 'Celeste and Jesse Forever', has been included in the 2009 Black List!

Votes are cast by a couple hundred Hollywood execs every year; according to founder Franklin Leonard it isn't a "best of" list per se, but more of a "most liked" list of their personal favorites.



CELESTE & JESSE FOREVER by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack “A divorcing couple tries to maintain their friendship while they both pursue other people.”
AGENT United Talent Agency –Keya Khayatian (Jones)
Gersh-David Kopple, Lindsay Porter (McCormick)
MANAGER Brillstein Entertainment Partners -Andrea Pett-Joseph (Jones)
Overture. Team Todd producing.

-Of the 97 scripts on the list, 'Celeste...' is equal 16th and overall 20th
-Rashida is one of only 10 women on the List
-Rashida and Will are the highest ranked actors/screenwriters, polling above Sarah Polley, Mindy Kaling and Zach Braff
-311 'insiders' & industry figures participated in the voting

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In other news 'The Social Network', which Rashida just landed a major role in, came in at #2.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK by Aaron Sorkin
“The story of the founders of the social networking website Facebookand how overnight success and wealth changed their lives.”
AGENT William Morris Endeavor –Ari Emanuel, Jason Spitz
Sony. Scott Rudin Productions, Michael De Luca Productions, Cean Chaffin, and Dana Brunetti producing

via The Black List

Thanks to R for the info :)

Movies: Social Network

Variety is reporting that Rashida has joined the cast of Social Network, the upcoming movie about the founding of Facebook.

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Jones logs in to 'Social Network'
Thesp joins Sorkin-written pic about Facebook
By TATIANA SIEGEL

Rashida Jones is the latest to log in to Columbia Pictures' "Social Network."

Justin Timberlake and Jesse Eisenberg have already boarded the David Fincher-helmed pic, which revolves around the founders of the social-networking website Facebook. Aaron Sorkin penned the screenplay.

Pic is currently lensing in Los Angeles.

Jones, who recently wrapped the bigscreen drama "Monogamy," sold her script "Frenemy of the State," which she co-wrote with Will McCormack, to Universal. In addition, she and McCormack's screenplay "Celeste and Jesse Forever" is in development at Overture, with Team Todd producing. Jones will also star in the comedy.

The actress-scribe, who most recently starred opposite Paul Rudd in the DreamWorks comedy "I Love You, Man," can currently be seen on the smallscreen in NBC's "Parks and Recreation."

She is repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment.

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