With a rejuvenated career thanks to Bridesmaids, it didn’t take long for director Paul Feig to find his next project. Production recently kicked off on his next comedy, The Heat, in Boston, with some last-minute casting announcements coming in. Re-teaming with his star Melissa McCarthy, the cast also includes Sandra Bullock, Rob Corddry, Tony Hale and John Baker.
Now Variety reports that comedian Bill Burr has joined the cast as brother to McCarthy, who is upset to find her cop sister turning in their other brother for being a drug dealer. The project follows an FBI agent (Bullock) and a Boston cop (McCarthy), both of whom are paired up and tasked with prosecuting a Russian gangster. One likely recognizes Burr from many TV stints such as Chappelle Show, Breaking Bad and even films like Date Night. The comedy arrives on April 4th, 2013.
In other casting news, Jimbo Lee is...
Now Variety reports that comedian Bill Burr has joined the cast as brother to McCarthy, who is upset to find her cop sister turning in their other brother for being a drug dealer. The project follows an FBI agent (Bullock) and a Boston cop (McCarthy), both of whom are paired up and tasked with prosecuting a Russian gangster. One likely recognizes Burr from many TV stints such as Chappelle Show, Breaking Bad and even films like Date Night. The comedy arrives on April 4th, 2013.
In other casting news, Jimbo Lee is...
- 7/17/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Jaime Pressly is set to join Robin Thicke and Tygh Runyan in the film film "Abby in the Summer" from Jimbo Lee who scripts and makes his directorial debut. Variety reports that Frances Conroy, Joey Lauren Adams and Steve Agee are set to co-star in the film which starts production in Los Angeles this week. Pressly plays the title character who is an adrenaline freak spending 60 hours a week working as a sous chef. When she cuts herself by accident, she's forced to take a summer holiday and left to do nothing for a change. While on leave, she has to deal with her distracted husband and being tempted by Thicke's character; an old flame. Conroy plays her mother while Adams is in as the best pal.
- 7/17/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jaime Pressly is set to join Robin Thicke and Tygh Runyan in the film film "Abby in the Summer" from Jimbo Lee who scripts and makes his directorial debut. Variety reports that Frances Conroy, Joey Lauren Adams and Steve Agee are set to co-star in the film which starts production in Los Angeles this week. Pressly plays the title character who is an adrenaline freak spending 60 hours a week working as a sous chef. When she cuts herself by accident, she's forced to take a summer holiday and left to do nothing for a change. While on leave, she has to deal with her distracted husband and being tempted by Thicke's character; an old flame. Conroy plays her mother while Adams is in as the best pal.
- 7/17/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jaime Pressly and Robin Thicke have signed on to star in a new indie film. Abby in the Summer, which is written and directed by Jimbo Lee, sees the My Name Is Earl star play an adrenaline junkie who is forced to leave her job as a chef when she accidentally cuts herself. She subsequently has to deal with distracted husband (Tygh Runyan) and her old flame (Thicke). American Horror Story's Frances (more)...
- 7/17/2012
- by By Colin Daniels
- Digital Spy
Musician and Paula Patton lover-upper Robin Thicke has been talking about acting since 2009 ("I wouldn't do anything just for the celebrity of it, but I would love to be involved with some great project"). Now he's scored a role in the Jaime Pressly–starring indie Abby in the Summer, in which the two will romance illicitly. Joey Lauren Adams (Chasing Amy, Big Daddy) and American Horror Story's Frances Conroy will also appear in the feature debut of Jimbo Lee.
- 7/17/2012
- by Zach Dionne
- Vulture
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