Kate Upton has signed on to play the title character in The Other Woman for director Nick Cassavetes and 20th Century Fox.

The story centers on a scorned woman (Cameron Diaz) who teams up with her boyfriend's wife (Leslie Mann) to get revenge on their man (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), when it is learned he is seeing yet another woman (Kate Upton).

Melissa Stack wrote the screenplay which Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook) will direct from. Julie Yorn is producing through her LBI Productions company. No production schedule was released.

While Kate Upton is primarily known for gracing the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition, she has previously appeared in the comedies Tower Heist and The Three Stooges.