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EXCLUSIVE: Golden Globe and Emmy winners Henry Winkler (Barry) and Brian Cox (Succession) are set to star with Emma Roberts (We’re the Millers) and Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld) in comedy Old Pals, which will be directed by Emmy winner Wendey Stanzler (Sex And The City).
Based on a screenplay by Rick Cisario, the fun-sounding film follows comical opposites and recent widowers, Ira (Winkler) and Jimmy (Cox), who are forced to become friends by their conspiring daughters (Roberts & Wood). Their initial stubbornness gives way to a journey of unexpected friendship, proving that family has a way of bringing even the most unlikely people together.
Neon International will represent the foreign sales rights and introduce the film at the European FIlm Market in Berlin next week while CAA Media Finance and Verve Ventures will represent the North American rights.
Debbie Liebling (Jules) will produce for Inner Child Productions alongside Kim Bailey and Isabel Marden for Corporate Witchcraft (Clementine).
Stanzler is known for her work in TV comedy and drama series including Sex and the City, Parks and Recreation, Party Down, You’re the Worst and For All Mankind.
Winkler is well known for his iconic role in Happy Days and more recently, Barry. Cox is still riding high off his epic turn as Logan Roy in HBO’s dark comedy Succession.
American Horror Story actress Roberts serves as an executive producer on the Hulu hit series, Tell Me Lies, under her Belletrist Productions banner, which she co-founded alongside Karah Preiss. The Ides Of March and Frozen actress Wood is best known for Westworld.
Stanzler is represented by Verve Talent and Literary Agency and managed by Damato Entertainment. Winkler by CAA, Entertainment 360, and Heller Law. Cox by Paradigm Talent Agency, Conway van Gelder Grant, and Insight. Roberts by CAA and Sweeney Entertainment. Wood by CAA, Johnson Shapiro, and Kinsella Holley.
