Lionsgate Accumulates U.S. Privileges to Katherine Heigl Comedy 'The Large Wedding'

Lionsgate has snapped up U.S. distribution privileges towards the Large Wedding, an ensemble comedy starringRobert P Niro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes and Topher Sophistication. The studio has scheduled a theatrical opening for October 19, 2012, a weekend it needs to itself by now.our editor recommendsLionsgate U.K. Takes Local Privileges to P Niro Comedy 'The Large Wedding,' New 'Texas Chainsaw' three dimensional Pic Nu Image / Millennium Films is creating the film, that was written and directed through the Bucket List film writer Justin Zackham.P Niro and Keaton play a lengthy-divorced couple instructed to pretend that they're still happily married at their son's wedding. The film is presently shooting in Greenwich, Connecticut. Zackham, Clay Pecorin, Richard Salvatore and Harry Ufland are creating.Nu Image's Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort and Trevor Short are executive producers. "The Large Wedding is really a charming, rollicking movie that offers to be an immediate intergenerational family comedy classic," stated Lionsgate Movie Group leader Joe Drake. Lionsgate executives Jason Constantine, Eda Kowan and Wendy Jaffe discussed the offer for that studio, also is disbursing the film within the U.K. Lionsgate most lately launched The Demon's Double, Season from the Witch and also the Lincoln subsequently Lawyer. The studio's next large opener is Conan the Barbarian August 19. Related Subjects Katherine Heigl Robert P Niro Susan Sarandon Diane Keaton Lionsgate