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It's a time-tested nightmare scenario: You meet someone furiously good-looking and emotionally appealing, spend a little while flirting with them, and then -- surprise, surprise -- find out that they're a long-lost relative, sending you into sexual therapy for a few years. People Like Us, the directorial debut of Transformers writer Alex Kurtzman, adds a few wrinkles to the formula: There's $150,000 of inheritance money at stake, and one of the characters already knows he's related to the other. Fun fun fun! In the movie, Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks play unknowing siblings (he knows, she doesn't), with Pine tasked with giving their dead father's savings to Banks's son. But he's less than forward about his knowledge of their relation when they first meet, leading to the most awkwardly unintentional courtship this side of Luke and Leia. Watch the trailer after the click, via the Hollywood Reporter.

Not literally, unfortunately. Instead, the movie's stars will hit the press circuit for a mall tour around America's finest shopping centers, visiting locations in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Phoenix, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Minneapolis and Seattle over the first week in March. It'll mostly be the bit players who get the chance to be screamed at by thousands of 6th graders and their moms, but main stars Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth will also be available for some dates. As for the adults like Elizabeth Banks and Woody Harrelson, well, ha ha, like hell if they were going to drag themselves through middle America for anything less than an Oscar nomination. If you're interested, you can RSVP at the movie's Facebook page. Total number of guests so far? 6,361  and counting over those seven malls. It's going to be a madhouse! 

New Year's Eve comes out today, which means it's time to look at the next ensemble comedy featuring so many stars that you'll be convinced that someone hit you on the head with a skillet. In fact, it's probably best to watch the trailer for What to Expect When You're Expecting after slamming your head repeatedly against a wall or on your desk, because this one is a doozy.

Breaking hot actresses news! Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Rashida Jones, and Emily Mortimer have signed on to the latest Paul Rudd comedy, 'My Idiot Brother.' Yup, that's right, all in the same movie. I've checked the legal codes on this issue and, don't worry, this much on screen hotness does fall within the existing statutes. As long as the filmmakers file their "yeah, we know this is a little ridiculous" form, everything should be good to go. Wait, what's that? Zooey Deschanel is dating Rashida Jones in this film? They'll probably make out at some point? Gaahhhh.

Jesse Eisenberg has a couple of days left before he becomes a real life movie star, because his new movie Zombieland, with its epic cameo, is about to become a hit. When I spoke to Eisenberg in August for a profile in our October issue, he was stressing about how hard it is to land roles, despite the fact that he's already appeared in critical successes like Roger Dodger, The Squid and the Whale, and Adventureland. He had a few movies "in the money raising stages," but there was one role in particular he was excited about called Ceremony, about a young man (Eisenberg) who falls in love with an older woman (played by Elizabeth Banks) whose wedding he tried to stop. But today the trades are reporting the film has been recast with Michael Angarano, who was initially set to play Eisenberg's best friend, now taking the lead.