Tyler James Williams, Anna Camp, Wanda Sykes & more join The Wedding Year
Lakeshore Entertainment announced today that Tyler James Williams (Dear White People, Everybody Hates Chris) will star opposite Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) in The Wedding Year, directed by romantic comedy veteran Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde, The Ugly Truth, Monster-in-Law). In addition, Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect, The Help), Wanda Sykes (Black-ish, Evan Almighty), Jenna Dewan (Step Up, American Horror Story), Keith David (Greenleaf, The Princess and the Frog) and Patrick Warburton (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Get Smart) also join the ensemble cast.
In the film, LA photographer Mara Hickey (Hyland) is never getting married. So, when she and her new ready-to-settle-down boyfriend are invited to fifteen weddings in the same year, the pressure is on Mara to make some big decisions.
Tom Connolly (Lost, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life), Grace Helbig (Trolls) and Fred Grandy (The Mindy Project, Charlie’s Angels) are also set to star.
Written by Don Diego, the film will be produced by Lakeshore’s Gary Lucchesi, Marc Reid, and Mark Korshak. Sarah Hyland will also serve as executive producer.
Principal photography on the project began on May 21 and continues in Los Angeles.
Tyler James Williams currently stars in the eponymous Netflix series Dear White People based on the film in which he also starred, and also recently appeared in Kathryn Bigelow’s award-winning historical drama Detroit alongside John Boyega and Anthony Mackie.
Anna Camp rose to popular attention in wildly successful TV series True Blood, Mad Men, The Mindy Project, The Good Wife and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Her other credits include the Tribeca Film Festival title Egg, in which she starred alongside fellow Mad Men alumna Christina Hendricks.
Emmy Award winner Wanda Sykes is best known for her comedic performances in TV series and films such as Curb Your Enthusiasm, The New Adventures of Old Christine and Bad Moms. This will be her second collaboration with Luketic, following Monster-in-Law. She can next be seen in Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate, the follow up to the popular LGBTQ comedy Hurricane Bianca.
Jenna Dewan recently appeared in the CBS comedy Man with a Plan, with Matt LeBlanc, and can next be seen in the anthology film Berlin, I Love You, alongside Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, and Luke Wilson.
Emmy Award winner Keith David has starred in numerous successful film and TV titles, including John Carpenter’s The Thing, There’s Something About Mary, Armageddon, Cloud Atlas, and Academy Award winners Platoon and Crash. He currently stars in OWN’s drama series Greenleaf and will next be seen in cinemas opposite Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart in Night School.
Patrick Warburton is known for his extensive work in popular TV series and films such as Family Guy, Ted, Men in Black, Get Smart and Seinfeld. He can currently be seen in the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events alongside Neil Patrick Harris, now in its second season.
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