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Jessica Biel joins "Chuck and Larry"
POSTED ON 07/31/06 AT 11:30 A.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Jessica Biel will join Adam Sandler and Kevin James in Universal Pictures' "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry." Dennis Dugan ("The Benchwarmers") will direct the movie, which is being produced by Shady Acres and Happy Madison.

The comedy tells of two heterosexual firefighters (Sandler and James) who pose as a gay married couple in order to qualify for their department's domestic-partner benefits.

 Biel will play an attorney who reps the duo in their case and ends up being the object of Sandler's affection.