An update: Friends with Benefits was, indeed, picked up but Fran won’t be in it. Instead he’s been off Broadway in The Bachelorette, here’s a little theater review of his performance:

And Fran Kranz makes an impressive Off Broadway debut as the eternal wingman Joe, whose softheartedness is revealed in a moving monologue about his history of drug taking. Joe, too, does not perceive how his casual dedication to getting high is a symptom of a more profound alienation.

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Kranz (“Dollhouse”) will play one of a group of people looking for love in “Friends with Benefits,” the HR says. The show comes from “(500) Days of Summer” writers Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber and “Wedding Crashers” director David Dobkin.

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