Kristen Wiig, Bill Murray Set for ‘Epiphany’ Comedy From ‘Palm Springs’ Director
Kristen Wiig and Bill Murray are set to star in a new comedy, Epiphany, from Max Barbakow (Palm Springs, Brothers).
Rocket Science confirmed on Tuesday that Wiig and Murray will also serve as executive producers alongside Jillian Apfelbaum and Margot Hand, with a script by Mitch Glazer (The Recruit, Scrooged).
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CAA Media Finance and Range Media Partners represent domestic rights, while Rocket Science will handle international and is introducing the hot project at the European Film Market in Berlin this week.
A plot synopsis reads: “When her massive fortune evaporates overnight, heiress and fashionista Favorite Ives (Wiig) has two weeks to nab a rich husband and fight creditors to stay off the street. Her desperate search for a big-money mark slams her into eccentric math savant and billionaire Oz Bell (Murray). Favorite needs Oz’s money and Oz craves Favorite’s spirit and spontaneity. Can this unlikely couple find something more?”
Barbakow said: “It’s a rare, delightful experience when a story takes you on a journey that all at once manages to make you laugh, make you feel, and hold a mirror up to the wonderful absurdities of everyday life. It’s even more delightful when your spirit guides are Bill Murray and Kristen Wiig. But Epiphany carries that breadth of tone, depth of wisdom, and such a lush sense of cinematic possibility, all while teeing up iconic roles for two already-iconic, totally original unicorns in Kristen and Billy.”
Barbakow’s debut film, Palm Springs, sold to Neon and Hulu in a then-record deal at Sundance, was nominated for two Golden Globes, and won the Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy.
The EFM will run Feb. 13 to Feb. 19 this year.
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