Washington, Jan 20 : Actress Katie Holmes has been roped in to star in a comedy film titled "The Extra Man."

The film, based on a novel by Jonathan Ames, will be helmed by Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini of `American Splendour' fame.

Besides Holmes, the film will also star Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, and John C. Reilly.

Kline plays a failed playwright who works as an escort for rich widows on the Upper East Side. He develops a mentor-student relationship with a troubled aspiring playwright (Dano).

"This is a film for our times, these hilarious characters living on the edge of enormous wealth, scrapping for small pieces of the pie," Variety quoted producer Anthony Bregman as saying.

"I suspect a lot of people will be able to identify nowadays," he added.

The production will begin in February in New York. (ANI)