Christina Applegate will play the big sister of Drew Barrymore in the new romantic comedy "Going the Distance." HitFix Staff <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Quickly recovering from the cancelation of "Samantha Who?" Christina Applegate has found her first movie role since last year's little seen "The Rocker."&nbsp; According to Marc Malkin of <a href="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b132094_applegate_going_movies_with_barrymore.html" target="_self">E!Online</a>, Applegate is set to star alongside Drew Barrymore and Justin Long in the romantic comedy "Going the Distance."<br /><br />Applegate will play the big sister to Barrymore's character who is involved in a long-distance relationship with Justin Long (rumored to be her on again boyfriend in real life). <br /><br />Also joining the cast is Charlie Day ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") as a friend of Long's character.<br /><br />While "Who?" airs original episodes throughout the summer, the critical hit was not renewed by ABC.&nbsp; Applegate will be heard this December as a voice in "Alvin in the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel" which also stars Long as, um, Alvin.<br /><br />"Going the Distance" is expected to begin production July 15 in New york City.</p> movies 2009-07-01T06:57:21Z 550 Star quickly moves on after 'Samantha Who?' cancellation 2038-01-01T00:00:00Z false 1294 false false false false false false false false false false 2009-7-1-applegate-going-the-distance-with-barrymore 2009-07-01T02:55:00Z Christina Applegate 'Going the Distance' with Barrymore published Eastern Time (US & Canada) http://tinyurl.com/nlvkfl 2009-09-01T03:49:20Z false 5 6