Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have acquired U.S. rights to Jennifer Westfeldt's ensemble comedy "
Friends With Kids," a week after its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
Written and directed by Westfeldt ("Kissing Jessica Stein''), pic centers on a group of friends whose lives are changed as the couples in the group begin to have children. Westfeldt and Scott portray best friends who launch a romance while attempting to avoid the expectations of a married relationship.