US & THEM (In Development)

• US & THEM

Here is one“Family Comedy” that is currently in development and that definitely seems tobe one film that would be worth the wait. Us & Them features Billy Crystal in a lead role. While he’s noguarantee of quality, he is at least funny. Now Marisa Tomei will be playinghis estranged daughter in the movie.

Marisa Tomei

Us & Them findsCrystal and Bette Midler as a couple who are suddenly forced to care for theirthree grandkids (including Bailee Madison, who appears in next month’s horror Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark). Naturally,the generation gap is like a yawning chasm for everyone involved and the olderfolks simply don’t understand the youngsters’ modern ways. But they somehowstruggle through and even try to repair the fractured bond with their daughterAlice (Tomei).

The filmscript’s latest draft is written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel who, despitehaving some solid credits to their name (including City Slickers, one of Crystal’s career highlights), last broughtthe world Tooth Fairy. And AndyFickman, who experimented in multi-generational comedy with the unquestionablyrisky You Again, is behind thecamera.

It all kicks offshooting later this month in Atlanta.