Alec Baldwin starring in "Bachelor" comedy

Alec Baldwin holds the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series at the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles January 28, 2007. Baldwin has signed on to join Dane Cook and Kate Hudson in the comedy ''Bachelor No. 2.''

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Alec Baldwin has signed on to join Dane Cook and Kate Hudson in the comedy "Bachelor No. 2."

Cook plays a man who is hired to take girls on horrible dates so they crawl back to the boyfriends they dumped. But he struggles with his libido and the meaning of friendship when his best pal needs his help with the girl who dumped him.

Howard Deutch will direct the Lionsgate film, which starts shooting next week in Boston.

Baldwin, who is up for an Emmy for his role as a TV network boss on "30 Rock," is set to play Professor Thompson in "Bachelor." In addition to drawing critical raves for the NBC comedy, Baldwin has appeared recently in such prestige films as "The Good Shepherd" and "The Departed."

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