Kathleen Turner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Keyla Monterroso Board Inheritance Battle Comedy ‘The Estate’ – EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comManori Ravindran International EditorKathleen Turner, Rosemarie DeWitt and Keyla Monterroso have boarded Signature Films comedy “The Estate,” starring Toni Collette and Anna Faris.Directed by Dean Craig, who also wrote the script, the film revolves around sisters Macey (Collette) and Savanna (Faris), who learn their wealthy but estranged Aunt Hilda is dying from cancer.
Seeing this as an opportunity to get her inheritance and rescue their dying café, the sisters plan to improve their bitter relationship and cater to Hilda’s needs.However, when they get to the extravagant estate, the siblings find that they’re not the only ones in the family with shifted morals.
Cousins Beatrice and Richard have come along with the same plan to swoon Hilda into giving them her estate, and soon, it becomes a battle between the eclectic family as to who can impress the matriarch the most and come out on top.
The project, which is financed by Signature Films and Capstone Studios, will be introduced to international buyers at the virtual European Film Market next month.Principal photography begins in New Orleans in February.
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