Maguire To Unite Smith And Lopez In Kiss

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Columbia Pictures is in talks with "Bridget Jones's Diary" helmer Sharon Maguire to direct "Last First Kiss," reports Variety

The romantic comedy is being talked up as a potential onscreen pairing of Will Smith and Jennifer Lopez.

Smith would play a date doctor who claims that his service can match lifemates in three dates. An attractive female journalist seeks his services in order to expose the doc as a scam artist but discovers things about him as well as herself. Lopez is being courted to play the reporter.

Since earning raves for "Diary," Maguire has been highly selective in choosing a followup. If she makes a deal, a rewrite will be done with Bisch, a Gotham-based journo.

However, Smith and Lopez are both in high demand and have several other engagements. Smith is making a Bad Boys sequel, while Lopez is soon to start shooting The Chambermaid opposite Ralph Fiennes.