Maggie Grace is in negotiations to star opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin in Odd Lot Entertainment's "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing."

Based on Melissa Bank's best-seller, the story chronicles a young woman's journey through the New York publishing world and her relationship with one of the industry's luminaries as her father battles a terminal illness. Grace will play Chloe, a grounded, down-to-earth swimsuit designer and best friend of Gellar's character.

Marc Klein is directing from a screenplay he penned.

Deborah Del Prete, Gigi Pritzker and Darryl Taja are producing, while Suzanne Warren and Robert Sturm are executive producing.

Media 8 Entertainment will handle foreign distribution.

Grace, who starred in Sony's remake of "The Fog," recently was a regular on the TV series "Lost."

She is repped by ICM, manager Darren Goldberg and the law firm Barnes, Morris, Klein and Yorn.