Katherine Heigl And Tom Wilkinson To Star In JENNY’S WEDDING

Katherine Heigl, Tom Wilkinson, Linda Emond and Grace Gummer will star in JENNY’S WEDDING, written and to be directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue (BEACHES).

The film is set to start shooting on October 28.

JENNY’S WEDDING revolves around Jenny (Heigl) who causes a massive sea-change in the lives of her closely knit, highly conventional family when she finally decides to marry.  A pretty and engaging woman, everyone is baffled by Jenny’s lack of a love-life, and her parents (Wilkinson, Emond) particularly have been anxious for her to settle down, but when the announcement comes that she is finally going to wed, her choice of partner tears the family apart.  In order to reconnect, everyone including Jenny, must reinvent themselves.

The announcement was made today by producers Donoghue, Gail Levin and MM Productions’ Michelle Manning.

Mary Agnes Donoghue’s writing credits include THE BUDDY SYSTEM, starring Richard Dreyfus and Susan Sarandon, BEACHES with Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey in the leads, DECEIVED starring Goldie Hawn, WHITE OLEANDER starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Renee Zellweger and Robin Wright, and VERONICA GUERIN with Cate Blanchett.

Katherine Heigl (KNOCKED UP) will next be seen in NORTH OF HELL co-starring Patrick Wilson currently in post-production and will lend her voice to THE NUT JOB alongside Will Arnett, Liam Neeson and Brendan Fraser, due out for release in January 2014 through Open Road Films.

Tom Wilkinson’s (THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL) upcoming films include 2013 Toronto Film Festival official selection titles FELONY opposite Joel Edgerton and BELLE co-starring Emily Watson and Miranda Richardson to be released by Fox Searchlight in spring 2014.

Linda Emond’s feature film credits include JULIE & JULIA co-starring Meryl Streep, STOP-LOSS, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE and NORTH COUNTRYand will next appear in Spike Lee’s OLDBOY, set for release in November through FilmDistrict.

Grace Gummer was seen in theatres earlier this year in Noah Baumbach’s critically acclaimed FRANCES HA, opposite Greta Gerwig. She will next appear in THE HOMESMAN, directed by and starring Tommy Lee Jones alongside her mother, Meryl Streep, and Hilary Swank as well as LEARNING TO DRIVE, with Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson, both in post-production.

JENNY’S WEDDING is being financed by Merced Media Partners and PalmStar Media Capital and executive produced by PalmStar’s Kevin Frakes, Merced’s Raj Brinder Singh and Stuart Brown, as well as Lauren Selig.  The Solution Entertainment Group’s (“The Solution”) Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel are also executive producing the film and will handle international sales for JENNY’S WEDDING