Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset) is joining Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Juno) in the ensemble comedic drama The Bachelors. Windowseat Entertainment is fully financing the project set to begin principal photography in Los Angeles this March.
Written and to be directed by Kurt Voelker (Sweet November, Park), the feature film is produced by Matthew Baer (Unbroken, Maggie), George Parra (Joy, The Descendants) and Windowseat Entertainment’s Joe McKelheer (Barely Lethal, The Hammer) and Bill Kiely (Chasing Giants, Adderall Diaries).
Hoping for a fresh start, a widower and his 17-year-old son move from a small northern California town to Los Angeles, where a new job, a new school, a wry old friend and two extraordinary women play a transformative role in the reshaping of their lives.
“We were immediately drawn to ‘The Bachelors’ as an intimate, timeless human story that is superbly written,” says Windowseat’s Joe McKelheer. “We are very excited to be joined by such a talented and multi-faceted cast.”
“We are thrilled to have such strong performers joining this project,” said Fortitude’s de Barros. “This award winning pair are the perfect talents to bring this beautifully written story to the big screen and we are excited to bring this film to Berlin.”
Julie Delpy has been nominated for two Original Screenplay Oscars for Before Sunset and Before Midnight, both in which she also starred. She is currently starring in Wiener Dog alongside Danny DeVito and Greta Gerwig, an official selection at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
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