Kinnear, Tierney make "Baby"

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-13 13:47

LOS ANGELES - Greg Kinnear and Maura Tierney have joined "Saturday Night Live" veterans Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in the cast of the comedy "Baby Mama."

The Universal Pictures project centers on a single woman (Fey) whose desire to have a child and keep her career leads her to hire a surrogate (Poehler).

Kinnear will play the male lead, a proprietor of a local fresh juice shop who becomes close with Fey's character as she begins her pursuit of a surrogate. Tierney will play Fey's confident, conventional sister who is the mother of two but supports her sister's choice.

Already on board are Sigourney Weaver and Dax Shepard. Michael McCullers wrote and will direct.

Kinnear, who most recently starred in "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Fast Food Nation," is preparing to star in the DreamWorks romantic comedy "Ghost Town" opposite Ricky Gervais.

"ER" veteran Tierney recently finished shooting "Semi-Pro" with Will Ferrell and appears in upcoming films "The Go-Getter," which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival, and "Finding Amanda," with Matthew Broderick.