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Debra Messing joins "Lucky You"
POSTED ON 02/25/05 AT 9:00 A.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES

The Hollywood Reporter reports that "Will and Grace" star Debra Messing will join Curtis Hanson's next film, "Lucky You," for Warner Bros. Pictures. Drew Barrymore and Eric Bana have already been cast as the leads.

Set in the world of high-stakes professional poker, the dramedy-love story is based on an original screenplay by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth ("Forrest Gump"), with additional writing by Hanson.