Woody Allen’s “Untitled Summer Project” now has a title and even some plot details. In a press release today, it was revealed that Kathy Bates, Michael Sheen, Nina Arianda, Tom Hiddleston, Corey Stoll, Mimi Kennedy and Kurt Fuller have joined the previously announced Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in Allen’s forthcoming romantic comedy.
Titled “Midnight In Paris,” the film will follow “a family travelling to the city for business, including a young engaged couple that has their lives transformed throughout the journey.” The press release goes on to say that the film, “celebrates a young man’s great love for Paris, and simultaneously explores the illusion people have that a life different from their own is better.” This is all right in Allen’s familiar wheelhouse and sounds not unlike a Parisian update on “Manhattan.” We’re going to take a guess that Wilson and McAdams will play the young engaged couple and that’s just fine by us. The cast sounds great, and Allen’s last foreign, romantic comedy “Vicki Cristina Barcelona” was great, so we’re definitely looking forward to this.
The film will shoot in Paris this summer, but before that, Allen will unveil “You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger” Out Of Competition at Cannes next month. That film is set to hit theaters this fall.