Jennifer Coolidge, Brian Cox, Dustin Hoffman & Gabrielle Union Set For Crime Comedy ‘Riff Raff’ — Cannes Market Hot Pic
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Here’s a fun cast: Emmy winner Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), Emmy winner Brian Cox (Succession) — both of whom are having career moments — Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man), and BET Awards winner Gabrielle Union (The Inspection) have been set to star in crime comedy Riff Raff.
Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) is directing the project, based on a script by John Pollono. Riff Raff centers on a former criminal’s ordinary life which is thrown upside down when his old family shows up for a long-awaited reckoning.
Filming is being lined up for September. Signature is launching international sales on the project in Cannes, with Capstone repping domestic rights with CAA Media Finance and WME Independent.
Producers are Canopy Media Partners’ Noah Rothman (Small Engine Repair) and Signature Films’ Marc Goldberg and Sarah Gabriel (The Estate).
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