Jenny Slate can’t get enough of her Obvious Child team. The actress is reuniting with writers Gillian Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm for the comedy Landline, which Robespierre will direct. And for this film, Slate will be joined by John Turturro, Edie Falco, Jay Duplass and newcomer Abby Quinn, The Hollywood Reporter said.
Set in 1995 Manhattan, the film centers on two sisters (Slate and Quinn) who debate what to do when they learn that their father (Turturro) is cheating on their mother (Falco).
Sierra/Affinity is handling foreign sales. UTA, which reps Robespierre and Holm, is repping the film for domestic rights.
Holm is producing Landline with Gigi Pritzker via her OddLot Entertainment banner (The Way Way Back) and Russell Levine for Route One Entertainment (A Walk in the Woods). OddLot’s Rachel Shane is executive producing, with the company’s Stacey Keppler serving as co-producer.
OddLot originated and developed Landline in-house and, along with Route One, will finance the project. Production is scheduled to begin May 23.
Landline marks the trio’s follow-up collaboration to 2014's romantic comedy Obvious Child, a Sundance breakout that was acquired by A24. Slate, Robespierre and Holm also teamed on an FX pilot that shot in 2015 (Robespierre directed).
Slate voiced the character of Bellwether in Disney’s animated hit Zootopia. She will next be seen in Marc Webb’s Gifted opposite Chris Evans and Octavia Spencer, Aardvark with Jon Hamm and Zachary Quinto and Brain on Fire opposite Chloe Grace Moretz. On the TV front, she has appeared in Bob’s Burgers, Girls, Parks and Recreation and House of Lies.
Turturro’s recent credits include Mia Madre, The Fading Gigolo and the upcoming HBO limited series Night Of.
Falco will next be seen in Leavey opposite Kate Mara and the comedy The Comedian.
Duplass stars in the Amazon TV series Transparent and is a regular on The Mindy Project.
