27 Dresses director Anne Fletcher has signed on to helm the upcoming Touchstone Pictures' romantic comedy The Proposal. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film is set to star Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock.

The film will revolve around a publishing executive that forces her assistant to marry her so that she doesn't get deported to Canada. Peter Chiarelli wrote the latest addition of the screenplay.

Fletcher stated, "The Proposal has great physical comedy, which I for one, and I think a lot of other people, love seeing Sandy in. Ryan has great physical comedy skills too, and I always thought, why isn't he doing romantic comedies? So I'm excited to get my fingers into this."

The film will start shooting a little later in the year.

The Proposal was released June 19th, 2009 and stars Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Betty White, Denis O'Hare, Malin Akerman, Oscar Nuñez. The film is directed by Anne Fletcher.