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Zooey Deschanel Joins the Cast of "Failure to Launch"

Deschanel Joins Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker

By Rebecca Murray, About.com

April 16, 2005 - Zooey Deschanel has signed on to star in "Failure to Launch," a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker.

McConaughey stars as a grown man who won't move out of his parents house. In order to get their son to leave home, they set him up on dates with single, available women.

"Shanghai Noon" director Tom Dey will helm the film for Paramount Pictures and Scott Rudin Productions. Tom Astle and Matt Ember wrote the script.

Zooey Deschanel will next be seen as 'Trillian' in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" starring Sam Rockwell, Mos Def and Martin Freeman.

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