Sudeikis will play Box, a friend of Justin Long’s character’s, who counsels him against trying to maintain his long-distance relationship with Barrymore’s character.

Geoff LaTulippe penned the script, which Nanette Burstein will direct.

Charlie Day and Christina Applegate have recently been attached.

Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot will produce under their Offspring Entertainment banner.

Sudeikis had been a writer on “Saturday Night Live” for before becoming a regular cast member.  He has also appeared in “The Rocker” and “What Happens in Vegas,” and will appear in the upcoming comedy, “Bounty Hunter” opposite Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler.

Sudeikis is also a regular on the popular NBC series “30 Rock.”