LOS ANGLES, August 26, 2015 — Timothy Olyphant (Justified, upcoming film Snowden), Shay Mitchell (Pretty Little Liars, upcoming film MF, author of upcoming novel Bliss), Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland, The Longest Ride), Jack Whitehall (UK’s Bad Education series), Aasif Mandvi (The Brink, The Daily Show) and Loni Love (The Real, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2) have joined the ensemble cast of MOTHER’S DAY, the romantic comedy from director Garry Marshall that is currently in production in Atlanta.
The MOTHER’S DAY script was written by Anya Kochoff-Romano and Lily Hollander, Matt Walker and Tom Hines.
Olyphant plays Henry, the ex-husband of Aniston’s character, Sandy. Mitchell will play Tina, Henry’s new bouncy, beautiful wife, who wants nothing more than to be the perfect stepmom to Henry and Sandy’s children. Robertson plays Kristin, a slightly neurotic new mother to a one-year-old girl. Whitehall will play Zack, an aspiring standup comedian and boyfriend of Robertson’s character Kristin. Mandvi is Russell, a successful doctor and husband of Hudson’s character Jesse. Love plays Kimberly, a friend of Bradley’s (Sudeikis) and a mom herself.
MOTHER’S DAY is being produced by Wayne Rice and Gulfstream Pictures’ Mike Karz along with Daniel Diamond and Brandt Andersen.
The film started shooting in Atlanta August 18, 2015.
Open Road Films will release MOTHER’S DAY wide on April 29, 2016.
All the best Jennifer Aniston!