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Katherine Heigl produces her own new practice

Since 2005, we’ve watched Katherine Heigl succeed and fall apart in equal measure as Dr. Isobel “Izzie” Stevens on Grey’s Anatomy. Before that, she ran around New Mexico in Roswell from 1999–2002. We’ve also seen her on the big screen this summer, in the comedy hit Knocked Up. We’ll see her again this winter in the romantic comedy 27 Dresses. Now, our dear Izzie is adding another notch to her belt: film producer.

Actually, she’s held an executive producer credit before, in 2005’s Side Effects. She also starred in that one, which is the plan again. The difference this time is that she and her manager mother, Nancy Heigl, have actually set up shop as a production company. All parties involved are mum on the plot details, but they are saying it will be an action comedy vehicle written for Heigl.

When I think action comedy, I think about films like Lethal Weapon, Romancing the Stone, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen. And according to Wikipedia, I’m pretty close. It defines an action comedy as a “mixture of action and comedy usually based on mismatched partners (the standard “buddy film” formula) or unlikely setting. The action comedy subgenre was revitalized with the popularity of the Lethal Weapon series of movies in the 1980s and 1990s. Bad Boys and Rush Hour serve as other examples.” Translation: boys and their toys and things that go bang, with some jokes thrown in for good measure. Obviously, the girls do get to play on occasion — think Rosie O’Donnell in Another Stakeout — but we’re usually the sidekick or the romantic plot device. Rarely do we manage to hold our own, much less kick a little tail. Angelina Jolie is the exception rather than the rule.

The question then becomes, “What will Ms. Heigl produce?” Izzie as an action star makes me all tingly inside. With the plot being kept all hush-hush, I think it is only fair that we offer a few choice suggestions. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.

1. Cagney & Lacey

Look, she can play Cagney and she can play Lacey! With all the TV shows that have managed to find their way to the big screen, am I the only one who would love to see an updated version of my first real crush?

2. V.I. Warshawski

I’m likely one of the few who really enjoyed this movie. I know I’m one of the few who actually saw it in the theater. I can’t help myself. I get sucked in by Kathleen Turner‘s sexy voice. Now imagine Heigl embodying the smart-aleck private eye. What can I say? I’m a sucker. I’d go watch Warshawski again.

3. Kate Delafield

Yes, Heigl might be a little young to re-create the former Marine and veteran from

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