Jennifer Garner attends “The Adam Project” New York Premiere – Picture: Michael Loccisano/WireImage/Getty Images.
Jennifer Garner is gearing up for her subsequent main Netflix mission within the type of Family Leave, a brand new household comedy film that’ll lastly enter manufacturing by the tip of 2022.
First introduced in February 2021 (simply forward of the discharge of Yes Day on Netflix), Jennifer Garner could be taking part in the lead in a brand new household film from Grey Matter Productions, About it Productions, and Linden Entertainment.
This will mark Garner’s fourth main title for Netflix following her voice position in Llama Llama, Yes Day, and 2022’s The Adam Project, the place she starred alongside Ryan Reynolds and Mark Ruffalo.
Jennifer Garner in The Adam Project alongside Ryan Reynolds – Picture: Netflix
Victoria Strouse serves as the author on the film adaptation. Strouse is finest recognized for engaged on Pixar’s Finding Dory, ABC’s October Road, and Disney’s Tink.
This marks the author’s second main Netflix film following 2019’s Let It Snow starring Isabela Merced and Shameik Moore.
Justine Baddeley Arteta and Kim Davis-Wagner function casting administrators on the function movie. Lawrence Grey, Ben Everard, Nicole King, and Jason Brian Rosenthal function producers.
Jane Flowers serves as casting director.
What is Family Leave about?
Per Netflix’s preliminary announcement, right here’s what you possibly can anticipate:
“The Brenners wake up to a full family body switch, they quickly realize the same thing has happened to a family on the other side of the world; they must unite with this group of strangers and determine how to undo the body switch.”
An extra synopsis supplied to What’s on Netflix fleshes out extra on the plot:
“The Walkers are a nuclear family of five: Mom Jess, Dad Bill, 16 year old daughter CC, 14 year old son WYATT, and 2 year old daughter Mia. But when a mysterious event occurs at the Griffith Park Planetarium, the nuclear elements split and recombine; Jen’s mind is in CC’s body (and vice versa), while Bill’s mind is in WYATT’s body (and vice versa). While CC and Wyatt try to navigate the impossibly complicated world that is adulthood (responsibilities, skills, fears, ambitions), Jen and Bill must work their way through the insanely intricate network of rites of passage (bullying, soccer games, music, parties, romance) that comes with being a teenager, while all four scramble to undo the spell that catastrophically recombined their personalities…”
The film is predicated on the ebook Bedtime for Mommy written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by LeUyen Pham. The 32-page kids’s ebook was launched in 2010.
When will manufacturing begin on Netflix’s Family Leave?
Following its lengthy improvement for the reason that preliminary announcement, we’ve discovered that the film will start filming in December 2022 (though earlier reporting recommended filming would get underway in October 2022). Filming will proceed till March 2023.
Filming on Family Leave can be happening in Los Angeles, California with the mission additionally receiving a tax grant from the California Film Commission again in February 2022.
Jennifer Garner talking concerning the tax credit score, mentioned, “As an actor, producer and mother, it’s impossible to overstate what shooting locally means to me and other families in this industry. I’ve been lucky to work with some of the greatest crew members of my career here in California, and I’m looking forward to reconnecting with some of my home team friends on this project.”
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