Amy Schumer joins bachelor comedy
Amy Schumer will star in and produce Universal's bachelor comedy “Who Invited Her?” with Reese Witherspoon producing under her Pacific Standard banner.
Schumer will portray a woman who insists on attending her best guy friend's bachelor party weekend. Tami Sagher of “Inside Amy Schumer” is re-writing the script. Earlier versions were written by John Phillips and Sascha Rothchild. No director is yet attached.
Besides Schumer and Witherspoon, Kim Caramele is producing along with Russell Krasnoff and Gary Foster.
Schumer's “Trainwreck” grossed $110 million domestically for Universal and raked in another $28 million internationally last year. Her original screenplay was nominated for a Writers Guild award.
Schumer is starring in Fox's untitled mother-daughter comedy opposite Goldie Hawn, scheduled for a Mother's Day weekend release on May 12, 2017. She's wrapped on Jason Dean Hall's PTSD drama “Thank You for Your Service” for Dreamworks.
Schumer's sketch comedy series “Inside Amy Schumer” is in its fourth season on Comedy Central.
Witherspoon's Pacific Standard has been active in developing projects based on novels with female protagonists, including “Wild” and “Gone Girl,” Jessica Knoll's “Luckiest Girl Alive”, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon's “Ashley's War”, Wall Street comedy “Opening Belle” and a Barbie doll origins movie.
Source: Variety
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