Robin Williams To Star In Touchstone Pictures' New Comedy 'Wedding Banned'

Robin Williams will star in the new film "Wedding Banned," according to Variety.

The Touchstone Pictures film will see Williams play "one-half of a long-divorced couple who kidnap their daughter on her wedding day in order to keep her from making a mistake. The divorced parents rekindle their relationship as they elude cops and the angry groom."

The film is written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler last summer and will be produced by Mandeville's David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Amiel and Begler previous projects for Mandeville include "Raising Helen" and "The Shaggy Dog."

Nicole Rocklin and Blye Faust, who developed the script with Amiel and Begler, will also serve as producers on the film.

HBO announced in a news release that in December it will broadcast "Robin Williams: Weapons of Self-Destruction," a comedy special filmed during his tour of the same name. The special will be recorded during his performances in November at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington.

Williams will resume his "Weapons of Self-Destruction" comedy tour in Bloomington, Ind., on Sept. 30. The tour was postponed after Mr. Williams underwent a three-and-a-half-hour procedure at the Cleveland Clinic in March to replace his aortic valve, repair his mitral valve and correct his irregular heartbeat.

The solo comic show was to have played the Neil Simon Theater on Broadway in April and May; no alternate dates for those performances have been announced the Times reports.

Diane Rosen said in a news release a few months ago that Williams needed an aortic valve replacement. The 57-year-old Williams says he is "touched by everyone's support and well wishes."

The comedian and actor had canceled four shows in Florida after experiencing shortness of breath.

Williams, 57, had been touring "Weapons of Self Destruction" since September 2008 and was scheduled to bring it to Broadway with a stop at the Neil Simon Theater - on April 23rd through the 29th and May 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2009. His Broadway engagement has been officially postponed until the fall with exact dates to be announced at a later date.

Williams last toured in 2002 when he returned to the stand-up scene after a sixteen year hiatus. The sold-out tour earned the distinction of being one of the highest-grossing comedy tours in history, and culminated in a final performance filmed by HBO and broadcast lives from New York City. The resulting July 2002 HBO broadcast, Robin Williams: Live on Broadway, was nominated for five Emmy® awards.

With four Golden Globe® awards, four Grammy® awards, and an Oscar® to his credit, Williams has become one of the most successful and beloved figures in entertainment history. In addition to his upcoming tour, Williams will soon be seen starring in the Disney comedy Old Dogs opposite John Travolta. The performer was recently seen reprising his role as ‘Teddy Roosevelt' in the sequel Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, co-starring Ben Stiller.

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