JENNIFER ANISTON is to romance the movie hunk she was reportedly dating this past summer in a new prison film she's producing.

The former Friends star was linked to 300 star GERARD BUTLER during a break in her romance with rocker JOHN MAYER, but now it seems she was simply wining and dining the Scot with a view to persuading him to be in her new film, Goree Girls.

According to Life & Style magazine reports, Jen earmarked Gerard as her new onscreen lover after seeing him in romantic movie P.S. I Love You.

A source tells the publication, "Gerard_s performance made her laugh and cry._

Since her reported tryst with Gerard, Jen has reconciled with John.