image Variety sends word that Katherine Heigl (27 Dresses) will star in and executive produce the upcoming romance film Life as We Know It.

It will follow two adults whose worlds are turned upside down when their mutual best friends die in an accident and they are named as caregivers for their orphaned daughter.

Greg Berlanti is set to direct. He is best known for Brothers and Sisters and Dirty Sexy Money.

070126_knight_vmed_3p.widec The Associated Press is reporting that Katherine Heigl is still in, but T.R. Knight is out over on Grey’s Anatomy.

Their source is claiming that contract negotiations with Heigl proved successful and that she is expected to return as Dr. Izzie Stevens. However, Knight’s negotiations fell through, and so his character George is leaving the show.

The season finale saw the fate of both characters remain unclear. Nevertheless, we now know what happens.

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Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher will star in the Lionsgate thriller Five Killers.

Film reteams Heigl with director Robert Luketic, who most recently directed the actress in forthcoming romantic comedy The Ugly Truth.

The story starts off where a woman meets the man of her dreams while on vacation. Married bliss is turned upside down when they discover that their neighbors may be assassins hired to kill them.

Film starts production next month in Atlanta and the south of France.


Gerard Butler looks like he is having too much fun with Katherine Heigl.  This film reminds me the Golden Age of Hollywood with films like It Happened One Night.

katherine_heigl300b Katherine Heigl’s action-comedy Drawn Together will be penned by Keith Merryman and David A. Newman for Fox 2000 and Nash Entertainment.

The film tells the story of an electronics designer who meets the woman of his dreams. However, he finds out that she’s not who she seems to be.

Heigl is set to star as well as produce; her mother – Nancy Heigl – is also involved in the project.