Kristen Bell to Join Melissa McCarthy in New Comedy MICHELLE DARNELL

According to Variety, Kristen Bell has signed on to join Melissa McCarthy and Peter Dinklage in the upcoming comedy MICHELLE DARNELL.

Per the report: "The story follows a titan of industry who is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget. Bell will play a single mother and Darnell's former assistant."

Ben Falcone will direct.

Bell currently stars as 'Jeannie Van Der Hooven' in the Showtime series HOUSE OF LIES opposite Don Cheadle. The fourth season premiered on January 11, 2015. She was recently seen reprising her beloved title role in Warner Brothers' film Veronica Mars. Bell also lent her voice to the character 'Anna' in the acclaimed new Disney animated feature, Frozen, directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee.

Bell appeared in a guest-starring arc in the most recent season of NBC's hit series Parks & Recreation. She also played the lead role in the independent film The Lifeguard, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She also starred in and co-produced the comedy Hit & Run, written and directed by her husband Dax Shepard. Her other film credits include: Movie 43,Some Girls, Writers, Big Miracle, You Again, Burlesque, When in Rome, Couples Retreat, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pulse, Serious Moonlight and David Mamet's Spartan.

Kristen's television credits include: Veronica Mars, Unsupervised, Deadwood, Heroes and Party Down. Her Broadway credits include: Tom Sawyer and The Crucible opposite Liam Neeson and Laura Linney. Her Off-Broadway credits include: Reefer Madness and A Little Night Music both at The Lincoln Center in New York and Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride / WM Photos

To post a comment, you must register and login.