While we're used to seeing Melissa McCarthy and Girls Trip's Tiffany Haddish bringing the laughs on screen, they're both now aboard a new project that promises something quite different. Haddish signed on late last year and now McCarthy will join her in The Kitchen.
Andrea Berloff is making her debut with the film, which she has adapted from the 2014 graphic novel series by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle that hit shelves from Vertigo.
With New Line and DC Entertainment's backing, this won't be a superhero tale, but instead is a gritty drama that follows what happens when an FBI sweep captures a group of Irish mob leaders in 1970s Hell's Kitchen. With the criminal organisation in chaos, the wives of the men take over and start to run their illicit business in a much more vicious fashion than they ever did.
Berloff is now locking down a third female lead for another anti-hero role, and it should kick off shooting this year. McCarthy will next be back in comedy mode for Life Of The Party, out on 11 May, while Haddish has worked on Night School and is shooting The Oath.
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