Ari Graynor & Jonah Hill Team Up for 'The Sitter' Flick

Deadline.com has revealed that Ari Graynor will team up with Jonah Hill in the David Gordon Green-directed The Sitter for Fox. Michael De Luca prodeces the film, which, according to The Hollywood Reporter "follows a college student, suspended for the semester and living at home with his single mom, who has a night to remember when he gets talked into baby-sitting the eccentric kids next door: two boys and a wild 8-year-old girl."

Production is expected to begin sometime this fall.

Graynor is currently starring in Trust at Second Stage Theatre alongside Sutton Foster, Zach Braff and Bobby Cannavale.

Ari Graynor has appeared in Second Stage's production of the Spanish Girl. She also appeared in Second Stage Theatre's Broadway production of The Little Dog Laughed. Graynor made her Broadway debut in Donald Margulies's Brooklyn Boy, for which she earned the 2005 Clarence Derwent Award for "Most Promising Female Actress." She also appeared in the hit off-Broadway play Dog Sees God. She is currently in production opposite Anna Faris and Chris Evans in What's Your Number and is starring in Holy Rollers, opposite Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Bartha, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Additional upcoming films include Betty Anne Waters starring Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell, which will be released later this year, as well as the independent feature Lucky, in which she stars with Colin Hanks and Jeffrey Tambor. Graynor was last seen starring as Lacey, Steve Buscemi's tarty girlfriend, in Miguel Arteta's Youth In Revolt also starring Michael Cera and as Eva Destruction, captain of the Black Widows, in Drew Barrymore's feature directorial debut, Whip It!, alongside Ellen Page and Kristen Wiig.

Her additional film credits include roles in the following: Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist, starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings; An American Crime (Sundance Film Festival 2007) with Catherine Keener and Ellen Page; Michael Hoffman's Game 6 (Sundance Film Festival 2005) with Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr; The Great New Wonderful with Maggie Gyllenhaal; Bereft, directed by Tim Daly and Clark Matthias; Christopher Guest's For Your Consideration; and Book Of Love (Sundance Film Festival 2004). Her feature film debut was in Clint Eastwood's Academy Award-winning film Mystic River. Known to television audiences for her portrayal of Meadow Soprano's troubled roommate, Caitlin, on "The Sopranos," she recurs on "Fringe" as the younger sister to the female lead played by Anna Torv. Her additional television credits include roles on "Law & Order: SVU," "Veronica Mars," "CSI Miami" and "Numbers." Graynor has been singled out by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "Top 25 Funniest Actresses in Hollywood" and received the "Comedy Award" at the 2009 Hollywood Life Young Hollywood Awards.

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