In the film, Janney will play a woman whose husband has passed away.
With a funeral to plan and grieving to be done, she reaches out to her estranged son.
He refuses to come home, choosing instead to send his personal assistant to help make the arrangements.
Jim Rash, Allison Janney & Andrew RannelsGetty/Kate Romero/Maarten de Boer
The widow is forced to process her grief in the presence of a complete stranger.
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Rannells most recently starred onBroadways Gutenberg!
The Musical!, alongside Josh Gad, his stage co-star inBook of Mormon.
To pair her with the wonderful Andrew Rannells makes this a dream cast for me.
Also producing is Rachel Shane and Mike Bowes will be executive producer.
Liz Lippman will oversee for The Walsh Company.
Faxon just finished shooting the second season of his comedy seriesLootfor Apple TV+ opposite Maya Rudolph.
Rash and Faxon are CAA and attorney Rick Genow.
Rash is managed by Jeff Morrone at Atlas Artists.
Faxon is repped by Brian Dobbins at Artists First.
Madison Wells is repped by CAA.
