Blair, Gregg, Hall, Paymer Join 'Synergy'


Selma Blair, Clark Gregg, Philip Baker Hall and David Paymer have all signed up to join Universal Pictures' Synergy, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The comedy, helmed by the Weitz brothers, follows the uneasy relationship between a 50-year-old businessman (Dennis Quaid) and his new 26-year-old boss (Topher Grace). The younger boss is having an affair with the older man's daughter (Scarlett Johansson). Blair will play Grace's unhappy wife, whom he has just wed, while Gregg will appear as Grace's boss, who wants Quaid fired.

Hall portrays the head of an auto-supply chain that Quaid is trying to get as a client, while Paymer has been set as Quaid's co-worker, who has his own set of insecurities.

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