Sarah Jessica Parker hasn't really had a run of success since ending the show Sex and the City, and recently Failure to Launch lived up to its name. Now she's set to continue the romantic comedy streak with Smart People, starring alongside Thomas Hayden Church, Dennis Quaid and Ellen Page from Hard Candy (review).

Well the news from Variety through Empire doesn't really excite me if I'm being honest, and the blurd sounds contrived and dull.

Rachel Weisz was originally supposed to play the role of a doctor who falls for an academic...whose wife's death has left him bitter.

You might think that Weisz pulling out wasn't a good sign already. Parker hasn't been setting the screen alight and I think she's making some incredibly bad choices for movies. She should step away from the whole romantic comedy genre and stop trying to recreate her Carrie role on the big screen. Go and do some seriously strong dramatic acting that doesn't have anything to do with romance. Leave Carrie behind.

In fact one of her upcoming roles sounds like she's doing just that. Spinning Into Butter has her playing the dean of a college where a hate crime shakes up the school. She battles with her own feelings on race and prejudice while trying to keep the politically correct view of the college going. Now that sounds better for her and something I would be interested in watching.