Chenoweth, Modine, et al Set for 'Family Weekend'
By: Lauren Wolman Jan. 15, 2011
According to Variety.com, Kristin Chenoweth, Matthew Modine and Olesya Rulin will star in the Benjamin Epps-helmed comedy "Family Weekend."
Adam Saunders and Chris Aronoff of Footprint Features will produce Matt K. Turner's script in association with The Bedford Falls Company.
The film focuses on a 16-year-old girl who has had it with her family's lack of attention and decides to take her parents hostage.
"Ramona and Beezus'" Joey King will also star alongside Eddie Hassell and Shirley Jones. Hassell recently appeared in "The Kids are All Right" while Jones is best known for her role as Shirley on "The Partridge Family."
Shooting will begin in Detroit mid-month.
Kristin Chenoweth is well-known for her show-stealing, Tony-winning performance in YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN and her role of Glinda the Good Witch in WICKED, which earned her a leading actress Tony Award nomination. Her performance in the musical STEEL PIER earned a Theatre World award. Television fans know Chenoweth from 'The West Wing', the television adaptation of 'Annie' and 'Sesame Street.' She also starred in her own series 'Kristin' for NBC. She starred in the ABC series 'Pushing Daisies,' for which she won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a comedy series, and has appeared on 'Ugly Betty' and GLEE. Chenoweth recently finished shooting the pilot for the legal drama 'Legally Mad' and has joined the cast of the animated comedy 'Sit Down, Shut Up.'
Moviegoers have seen her in Four Christmases, Deck the Halls, RV, Bewitched, Running with Scissors and The Pink Panther. Her voice can be heard in the animated films Space Chimps and Tinkerbell.
Chenoweth took the stage in a solo sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall in 2004 and continues to tour the country. To date, she has released three albums: A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas, Let Yourself Go and As I Am. She is currently starring opposite Sean Hayes in PROMISES, PROMISES on Broadway.
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