The former
Sex and the City star has signed to play the lead role in director Adam Shankman's dark comedy
Slammer. In the movie, Parker will play a pushy publicist who is wrongly imprisoned on the charge she took fashion freebies meant for clients and turned them over to knockoff artists for mass production. Once in prison, she produces an inmate musical.
The script, by Sara Goodman, is based on a story by Tim Metcalfe and John Slotnick.
Production on the movie is expected to begin next February after Shankman completes work on the sequel to
Cheaper by the Dozen.