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Carrie Brownstein will reportedly direct a new comedy film titled Witness Protection, with Schitt’s Creek star Annie Murphy locked in for the lead role.According to an April 11 Deadline report, the film will focus on Murphy’s as-yet-unnamed character, “a woman who has always defined herself by her romantic relationships” and who becomes embroiled in a situation that forces her into witness protection. There, “she must try to figure out who she really is for the first time while maintaining her cover and keeping the criminals at bay”.Murphy will also executive produce the film alongside her Schitt’s Creek crewmates Rupinder Gill and David West Read, who are also writing the screenplay.Witness Protection will come as Brownstein’s third film as a director, following MGM’s currently unreleased Fairy Godmother and a film about Seattle rockers Heart.

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran producer and executive Becky Sloviter has been named President of Miramax Motion Picture Group, Deadline can exclusively reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: Carrie Brownstein is set to direct MRC Film’s upcoming comedy Witness Protection, starring Emmy winner Annie Murphy, who will also executive produce. The film reunites Murphy with writers Rupinder Gill and David West Read of the Emmy-winning Schitt’s Creek, who will write and executive produce the film. Producers include Becky Sloviter and Elysa Dutton and Leslie Morgenstein through Alloy Entertainment, who has been developing the project since its conception.

EXCLUSIVE: Schitt’s Creek Emmy winning star Annie Murphy is set to star and executive produce Witness Protection for MRC Film’s female-driven comedy label, led by Becky Sloviter.