Leoni moves into "Ghost Town"

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By Tatiana Siegel

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Tea Leoni has joined the cast of the Ricky Gervais/Greg Kinnear romantic comedy "Ghost Town" .

The story centres on a dentist who dies briefly during routine dental surgery and gains the ability to see dead people who ask him for help in contacting the living. Leoni will play a woman whose dead husband is trying to derail her impending marriage.

David Koepp is helming from a script he penned with John Kamps.

The film, a DreamWorks/Spyglass Entertainment production, will be distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures.

Leoni’s credits include "Deep Impact," "Hollywood Ending," "The Family Man," "Jurassic Park III," "Spanglish" and "Fun With Dick and Jane." She next will appear in IFC Films’ mob comedy.....continued below

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