Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Capote") and Michelle Williams ("Brokeback Mountain") are teaming up on to star in the drama "Synecdoche," Production Weekly reports.

The film, directed by scriptwriter Charlie Kaufman ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"), tells the story of an anguished playwright and the various women in his life.

"Synecdoche" is scheduled to begin shooting in early summer 2007.