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Karen Gillan and Zoe Chao are starring in the comedy 'Let's Have Kids!'.The pair have been cast in the movie that marks the directorial debut for Adam Sztykiel – who has penned the screenplays for films including 'Due Date' and 'Black Adam'.'Let's Have Kids!' tells the story of lifelong best friends Emma and Phoebe (Gillan and Chao) who decide to have their first babies at the same time so they can navigate the challenge of motherhood together.However, their friendship comes under strain when only one of them gets pregnant.Sztykiel has written the script together with Ellie Knaus and the movie is due to begin filming this year.Karen recently revealed that she wished to take on more dramatic parts after getting the chance to work alongside Russell Crowe in the psychological crime drama 'Sleeping Dogs'.The 36-year-old star – who is best known for...

Karen Gillian and Zoë Chao will star in Let’s Have Kids!, a comedy from MRC.

Adam Sztykiel, the screenwriter of DC movie Black Adam who previously tackled the topic of giving birth with Due Date, will make his directorial debut. Sztykiel was previously set to make his directorial debut for the Warner Brothers/DC project Wonder Twins before that film fell apart after Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav canned the project amid a pullback on streaming films.

Kids centers on lifelong best friends Emma and Phoebe, played by Gillan and Chao, who decide to try to have their first babies at the same time so they can navigate the great unknown of motherhood together. They find, however, that their friendship is deeply tested when only one of them gets pregnant.

Sztykiel wrote the script with Ellie Knaus. It begins filming this year.

The comedy is being produced by Becky Sloviter,...

Exclusive: Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy franchise) and Zoë Chao (Nightbitch) will lead the cast of Let’s Have Kids!, a feature comedy from MRC that’s heading into production this week.

Marking the directorial debut of Black Adam and Due Date scribe Adam Sztykiel, pic’s ensemble also includes Sam Richardson (The Afterparty) Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood), K.J. Apa (Riverdale), Ed Begley Jr. (Young Sheldon) and Oscar winner Mary Steenburgen (Nightmare Alley).

Let’s Have Kids! tells the story of lifelong best friends Emma and Phoebe, who decide to try to have their first babies at the same time so they can navigate the Great Unknown of motherhood together, but find their friendship is deeply tested when only one of them gets pregnant. Sztykiel and Ellie Knaus wrote the script and will also produce alongside Becky Sloviter (Palm Springs) — the recently appointed President of Miramax Motion Picture Group,...

Exclusive: Schitt’s Creek Emmy winning star Annie Murphy is set to star and executive produce Witness Protection for MRC Film’s female-driven comedy label, led by Becky Sloviter.

Witness Protection reunites Murphy with scribes Rupinder Gill and David West Read of the Emmy-winning Schitt’s Creek, who will write and executive produce the feature.

Witness Protection centers on a woman who has always defined herself by her romantic relationships, but when she is forced to enter witness protection, she must try to figure out who she really is for the first time while maintaining her cover and keeping the criminals at bay.

The original conceit for the project was developed in-house at Alloy Entertainment, which worked with Murphy to package the project that ultimately sold to MRC Film in a competitive situation. Elysa Dutton and Leslie Morgenstein will produce for Alloy Entertainment, with Sloviter producing for MRC.

Murphy played Alexis Rose,...

Unlike the riveting-to-watch characters in her Emmy-nominated Netflix dark comedy series “Dead to Me,” show creator Liz Feldman doesn’t seem to be intent on cutting anything out of her life. Instead, she’s adding to it with a 1920’s Spanish Revival-style house in Los Feliz she purchased in early April from screenwriter and producer Adam Sztykiel for nearly $4.8 million.

Sztykiel (“Rampage,” “Made of Honor,” “Due Date” and the “upcoming “Black Adam” starring Dwayne Johnson) and his wife, “Atomic Moms” podcaster Ellie Knaus, bought the historic property in 2017 for about $3.6 million and placed the house on the market in 2020, as Dirt previously reported. That means the couple netted about $1.2 million from the sale, prior to closing costs and taxes.

Resting behind gates on a 10,851-square-foot parcel of land atop one of the most sought-after streets in Los Feliz — near the Griffith Park Observatory — the four-bedroom, five-bathroom house was built in...

Unlike the riveting-to-watch characters in her Emmy-nominated Netflix dark comedy series “Dead to Me,” show creator Liz Feldman doesn’t seem to be intent on cutting anything out of her life. Instead, she’s adding to it with a 1920’s Spanish Revival-style house in Los Feliz she purchased in early April from screenwriter and producer Adam Sztykiel for nearly $4.8 million.

Sztykiel (“Rampage,” “Made of Honor,” “Due Date” and the “upcoming “Black Adam” starring Dwayne Johnson) and his wife, “Atomic Moms” podcaster Ellie Knaus, bought the historic property in 2017 for about ...

MRC Film has created a new label devoted to female comedies, which will be led by Becky Sloviter, the producer of Palm Springs, which sold to Neon and Hulu in a record deal at Sundance for $17.5M.

Already, the unnamed division has two projects in development: Let’s Have Kids!, which will serve as the directorial debut of Black Adam and Due Date screenwriter Adam Sztykiel and The Inheritance from Emmy winning Full Frontal With Samantha Bee and A Black Lady Sketch Show scribe Ashley Nicole Black.

The new label will work with other producers as well as various distributors as they amplify female-driven properties with an independent development budget. Sloviter will report to MRC Film Co-Presidents Brye Adler and Jonathan Golfman. She was recently the Head of Production and Development at Party Over Here, The Lonely Island’s production company where in addition to Palm Springs, she also produced...

ABC has landed for development Because Kids, a half-hour family comedy inspired by the Atomic Moms podcast, from Undateable creator Adam Sztykiel and his wife Ellie Knaus, who created and hosts the podcast, Lonely Island’s production shingle Party Over Here, and CBS TV Studios.

Co-created and written by husband and wife writing team Sztykiel and Knaus, Because Kids is inspired by the Atomic Moms podcast as well as the experiences of every parent involved with the project. It’s described as a multi-generational comedy that is a lighthearted yet honest examination of the lives of a married couple with two young children. The show will use the podcast as a framing device to explore the wide range of topics and opinions that modern parents deal with.

Sztykiel executive produces with Party Over Here’s Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Becky Sloviter. Knaus is co-executive producer. CBS TV Studios is the studio.

Actress Claire Coffee is a part of two standout shows on TV, Franklin and Bash, you can catch on Wednesday’s on TNT and she also has a role in the awesome looking dark fairy tale Grimm that will make its premiere on NBC’s new Friday night lineup this fall. Coffee talks about these projects, the fun with her co-stars and the ultimate question, nerds or geeks. The San Francisco native graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois with a Bachelor of Science degree in Theater. Her career began on stage at age five with The Mountain Play Theater Company in Marin County, California. She worked extensively with regional theaters in the Bay Area and Central Coast of California before attending Northwestern and then moving to Los Angeles. Coffee is also an avid football fan—counting the San Francisco 49ers as her favorite team. Check out my latest Versus...