Mimi Leder, who last sat behind a camera for Pay It Forward, is back directing for Return To Sender.
It’s a rom com which sees salesman Jake Sender (see what they did there?) living in the shadow of his Pulitzer prize-grabbing father Oliver. When Jake intercepts postcards from a mysterious woman travelling in Russian and known only as “N”, he concocts a scheme to meet her by making Oliver travel to Russia on a publicity tour for his latest book.
But problems arise when Oliver meets the intriguing woman and falls for her. Jake’s attempts at romance get nowhere and he returns to the US, only to get engaged. Still with us? When he discovers that his dad and the woman – Nicole – are involved at his engagement party, everyone’s lives are changed.
Leder plans to shoot in location in Chicago and Moscow this September.