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Matthew Perry will play a grown-up version of Zac Efron in the upcoming teen comedy 17, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

17 will be directed by Burr Steers and produced by Hairspray’s Adam Shankman and Jennifer Gibgot. Leslie Mann will play Perry’s wife, reportedly named Scarlett.

The film follows a middle-age father who wakes up to find he’s 17 again. In order to be close to his children, he enrolls in the same school as them.

Production begins early December 2007. That’s next month!

What, you don’t see the physical resemblance between Zac and Matthew?

The invitation-only Beckham bash was attended by Hollywood elite: funny couple Jim Carrey & Jenny McCarthy, James Caviezel and wife Kerri Browitt, Vivica A Fox, Alyson Hannigan and actor hubby Alexis Denisof, Matthew Perry, Brooke Shields and hubby Chris Henchy, solo newlywed Eva Longoria, Melanie Brown with new producer boyfriend Stephen Belafonte, Devon Aoki, Ashton Kutcher and wife Demi Moore.

Other big-name guests included: director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer, American Idol creator Simon Fuller (he also manages the Beckhams), Wesley Snipes, Quincy Jones and Bruce Willis.

20+ pictures inside of celebrity guests at the Beckham bash… More Here! »

Studio 60 actor Matthew Perry takes a cigarette break after another AA meeting at the Thalians Mental Health Center at Cedars Sinai in Hollywood on Sunday afternoon.