Hidden-camera series will be based on hit movie

LOS ANGELES -- The characters played by Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in "Wedding Crashers" may have been nice enough guys, but would you really want them at your nuptials?

That question need not be purely hypothetical, thanks to Ashton Kutcher and NBC.

Kutcher's production company, Katalyst Films, has joined forces with the network and New Line TV to create a six-episode, hidden-camera series called "The Real Wedding Crashers." And while it won't involve the stars of last summer's hit film, it will, in fact, send a troupe of improv actors to disrupt wedding receptions.

"Everyone loved 'Wedding Crashers,' and we wanted to see if we could capture that same kind of inspired frivolity in a real-life series," says Craig Plestis, head of alternative programming at NBC. "Working with Ashton and knowing his memorable experiences with the jokes he pulled off on 'Punk'd' made it that much more enticing. This series has a big upside potential for hidden-camera humor."

Kutcher will executive produce the series with his Katalyst partners Jason Goldberg and Karey Burke. New Line's Jon Kroll ("Amish in the City") and Jim Rosenthal will also serve as exec producers.

While the focus of "The Real Wedding Crashers" will be on good-natured pranks, the show will also take a yank on the heartstrings by, in NBC's words, "occasionally bring[ing] families together in emotional moments."

The network hasn't said when the show might make it onto the air.