Uma Thurman has joined the cast of “Ceremony,” a project we’ve been keeping an eye on because it has not only an interesting cast, but some up-and-coming filmmakers behind it.
The film is the directorial debut of Max Winkler (son of Henry Winkler) and Winkler helped write another project with up-and-coming talent: the upcoming Jonah Hill comedy “The Adventurer’s Handbook” directed by Akiva Schaffer (known for his SNL Lonely Island skits) — which stars Jason Schwartzman and Hill — and produced and directed episodes of the excellent web series “Clark and Michael” that starred Clark Duke and Michael Cera which we adored (if you’ve never seen, go run now).
“Ceremony,” stars Michael Angarano (“Snow Angels”) and Jesse Eisenberg (“Adventureland,” “The Squid & The Whale”) and centers on a young man (Eisenberg) who falls in love with an older woman (now Uma Thurman) and attempts to break up her wedding at a beach town along with his unwitting friend (Angarano).
“The Adventurer’s Handbook” co-writer Matt Spicer helped produce “Ceremony.” They also have another project set up at Fox Searchlight called, “The Ornate Anatomy of Living Things” that Jason Reitman is producing. None of these guys are househoald names yet, but “The Adventurer’s Handbook” script did sell for some seven figures and there’s a lot of buzz around the talent they show. It could be another cool little incesutious scene in a few years. “Ceremony” will being shooting in Long Island on October 21. [Variety]
