Goldblum signs up for rom-com 'Baster'

Jeff Goldblum has become the latest star to join the cast of romantic comedy The Baster.

Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman signed up for the project last month.

The movie will follow the story of a man (Bateman), who secretly interferes with his female best friend's (Aniston) attempts to get pregnant through artificial insemination. However, when she returns from New York seven years later with a son, he is forced to live with secret that he is the real father.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Goldblum will play Bateman's business partner and confidant. He is described as a man "whose idea of working out is walking slowly on the treadmill while eating a candy bar".

The film is scheduled to begin shooting in New York this spring.