Malin is set to star in “The Romantics” – a film that will also star Katie Holmes, Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Elijah Wood and Adam Brody! The movie is set to start filming this week in New York…

Katie Holmes has replaced Liv Tyler in the independently financed comedy “The Romantics.”

The actress has come aboard to topline and exec produce the pic, which also stars Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Elijah Wood, Adam Brody and Jeremy Strong.

Team Todd, Plum Pictures and Benaroya Pictures are producing.

Project, which had originally been scheduled to lense in the summer, begins shooting this week in New York.

Film revolves around eight friends from college who reunite for a wedding. Holmes, fresh off her role in Miramax’s “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” will play Laura, the maid of honor to Anna Paquin’s Lila, the bride. Laura and Lila are best friends who both have a past with the groom (Duhamel).

Screenplay was adapted by Galt Niederhoffer from her novel; she will also direct.

Team Todd’s Jennifer and Suzanne Todd will produce alongside Plum Pictures’ Daniela Taplin Lundberg and Benaroya’s Michael Benaroya and Taylor Kephart.

From Variety