Production Weekly have revealed that Bryan Cranston and Ben Kingsley are set to join Rob Meyer’s feature length debut, “A Birder’s Guide To Everything.”
The film is a feature length treatment of Meyer’s short film “Aquarium,” and the synopsis below reveals that the film actually centers on teenage leads, not adults, so it’s unclear who Cranston and Kingsley will play:
After spotting what he thinks is an extinct duck, high school sophomore and bird enthusiast David Portnoy persuades his two dorky buddies and the “new girl in school” to join him on a quest to locate the mysterious bird. What begins as a simple and straightforward mission becomes a coming-of-age adventure for all involved, particularly David, who must come to terms with some painful aspects of his family life.
The film will go in front of cameras this summer, and is being executive produced by director Dave Frankel (“Marley & Me,” “The Devil Wears Prada”). It’s not the only bird-watching film in the works, as the previously announced Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black comedy “Big Year” is supposed to go in front of cameras in May. So ornithologists, this is your year.