According to Variety, Wahlberg and Franco have accepted roles in the upcoming film.
Directed by Shawn Levy, the film will also star Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Leighton Meester, Common, Taraji P. Henson and Kristen Wiig.
Carell and Fey will play a married couple whose lives have become routine. Wahlberg will play a man who begins flirting with Fey’s character, while Franco will play a small-time crook. Meester will play a nanny, and Henson will be a police officer who believes that the couple is in danger.
In the meantime, Wahlberg will be starring in The Lovely Bones, which will hit theatres on December 11. Franco is currently filming Howl, expected for a 2010 release.