Michael Fleming of Variety:
Paramount Pictures has set Jessica Alba [pictured] as the female lead opposite Mike Myers in "The Love Guru," which has been set for a June 20 release.
Myers has added Romany Malco ("Blades of Glory") and will reteam with Verne Troyer, who played Mini-Me in the three "Austin Powers" films. Marco Schnabel is directing a script by Myers and Graham Gordy.
...In his first new character creation since Austin Powers, Myers plays Pitka, an American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus. After moving back to the U.S., he attempts to settle a rift between a hockey player (Malco) and his wife, who begins scoring with the star player of a rival team. Alba plays the hockey team owner and Troyer the team coach. Pitka's job is to check that illicit romance and reunite the couple so the star player can lead his team to the championship.
Forgetting the fact that I would be willing to watch Alba read the phone book on screen...I think the premise is just fresh enough for Myers to be able to make audiences laugh...
Myers is one lucky guy--First he gets to work with Elizabeth Hurley, Heather Graham, Beyoncé Knowles, Cameron Diaz. and now Alba!
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