News > Goldblum, Aniston and Bateman will star in 'The Baster'

THR reports, Jeff Goldblum has joined the cast of "The Baster," Mandate's romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman.

Directed by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, the story follows a man (Bateman) whose female best friend (Aniston) plans to become pregnant with artificial insemination, but he replaces the preferred sample with his own. Seven years later, she returns to New York with her son, and he is forced to live with the secret that he is the child's real father.

Goldblum will get to exercise his comedy chops by playing Bateman's business partner and confidant, whose idea of working out is walking slowly on the treadmill while eating a candy bar.

Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger are producing.

Goldblum is coming off a powerful dramatic turn in "Adam Resurrected," the Holocaust drama from Paul Schrader. He will finish a stint on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" before shooting "Baster," which is set for a spring shoot in New York.

Goldblum is repped by Gersh and Industry Entertainment.