Like most movie actresses, as Catherine Zeta-Jones gets older, her opportunities for potentially lucrative romantic comedies are probably going to dwindle. But she isn't giving up yet. Although she's had limited box office success with rom-coms such as "Intolerable Cruelty" and "No Reservations," according to the Hollywood Reporter, Zeta-Jones has just agreed to star in director Bart Freundlich's new untitled laugher.

The new flick will find Zeta-Jones playing a single New York mom who becomes the object of affection of a 25-year-old man. The story is intriguingly similar to the 38-year-old Freundlich's own relationship with his wife, 47-year-old actress Julianne Moore. And, of course, the 38-year-old Zeta-Jones (can I see a birth certificate?) is married to the 63-year-old Michael Douglas. The movie sounds like it will take the point of view that love can span generations, but it also seems eerily similar to the Uma Thurman flick "Prime" from a few years ago. Notably, the younger man has not yet been cast.

As for Zeta-Jones, the actress has taken a break recently. She completed production on Gillian Armstrong's intriguing "Death Defying Acts" more than a year ago (and still no U.S. release date), but has been spending most of her time with her family in Bermuda.

Freundlich became an indie darling more than a decade ago with "The Myth of Fingerprints," but his most recent flick, "Trust the Man," was a major disappointment. Tackling this May-December romance may recharge his creative batteries when it begins filming next month.

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