Catherine Hardwicke’s Action-Comedy ‘Mafia Mamma,’ Starring Toni Collette and Monica Bellucci, Lands at Bleecker Street
variety.comAngelique Jackson Bleecker Street has secured North American rights to Catherine Hardwicke’s new action-comedy, “Mafia Mamma,” starring Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci and Rob Huebel.Collette stars in the film as a suburban American woman, who inherits her grandfather’s mafia empire and must learn navigate her new role as the head of the family business, defying everyone’s expectations.Based on an original idea by acclaimed French novelist, screenwriter and filmmaker Amanda Sthers, Hardwicke directs from a screenplay written by Debbie Jhoon and Michael J.
Feldman (Peacock’s “AP Bio,” Hulu’s”Deadbeat”). The film goes into production on location in Italy in May.The logline reads: “Kristin is facing a slew of challenges.
Her only son is desperate to leave for college, her boss is a sexist pig, and she just caught her unsuccessful, musician husband (Huebel) cheating with a groupie.
That’s when she receives a life-changing phone call from Bianca (Bellucci), her estranged grandfather’s trusted consigliere, telling her he is dead and she must attend the funeral in Italy.
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