Ty Burrell Signs on to 'The Switch' Film

According to EW.com, Emmy Award winner Ty Burrell has signed on to 'The Switch' film. He will join John Hawkes and Yaslin Bey in this 'Jackie Brown' prequel written and directed by Dan Schechter.

Burrell has been cast as Marshall Taylor. The character is described as "a guilt-riddled country clubber who witnesses the kidnapping of a woman he secretly desires."

'The Switch' is "based on the same-name Elmore Leonard novel, which is set 15 years before Jackie Brown. John Hawkes and Yasiin Bey (a.k.a. Mos Def) will play Louis Gara and Ordell, portrayed in the 1997 film by Robert De Niro and Samuel L. Jackson."

Ty Burrell currently stars in ABC's 'Modern Family' and has been previously seen on Broadway in MACBETH.

Critically acclaimed and lauded for revitalizing the television sitcom, MODERN FAMILY is the recipient of the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Now in its third season, the series follows three unique families and gives viewers an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.

The series stars Ed O'Neill as Jay, Julie Bowen as Claire, Ty Burrell as Phil, Sofía Vergara as Gloria, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Mitchell, Eric Stonestreet as Cameron, Sarah Hyland as Haley, Nolan Gould as Luke, Ariel Winter as Alex, Rico Rodriguez as Manny and Aubrey Anderson-Emmons as Lily.

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