Steve Zahn will always have Paris.

The actor has joined the cast of Amazon MGM Studios‘ forthcoming romantic comedy feature Hello & Paris from writer-director Elizabeth Chomko, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Javier Bardem and Kate Hudson were previously announced as the stars of the movie that is loosely inspired by author Deborah McKinlay’s 2014 novel, That Part Was True.

Hello & Paris is currently in production and described as being in the same vein as titles like Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail. The film centers on a landscape architect and a best-selling but embattled novelist who have a prickly first meeting in Paris before gradually getting to know each other as they exchange books and recipes while residing on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

Chomko (What They Had) helms the project from her own script. Hailing from Fifth Season, the movie counts Finola Dwyer as a producer and will get a worldwide streaming release on Prime Video. Legendary Entertainment’s 193 handled international sales.

Zahn recently wrapped production on the second season of Hulu’s Chad Powers, the third season of Apple TV’s Silo and Scott Cooper’s feature Time Out that also stars Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffman. Zahn and Macaroni Art co-founder Rick Gomez produced the indie film She Dances, which starred Zahn alongside daughter Audrey Zahn and hit theaters earlier this year from EKKL Entertainment. His other credits include such series as The White Lotus, George and Tammy and The Righteous Gemstones, along with the features Anaconda, War for the Planet of the Apes and Dallas Buyers Club.

He is represented by Principal Entertainment L.A., UTA and Sloane Offer. 

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