The press release landed in our inbox and we almost missed the actual bit of news in the boring chatter about Sir Richard Branson’s launch of Virgin Produced, a film and television development, packaging and production company, but it looks like the first film to find its way to theaters under the banner will be the still untitled R-rated comedy omnibus.
With 19 segments, the film has been compared to the vignette-styled “Kentucky Fried Movie” and features talent including directors Peter Farrelly, Brett Ratner, Elizabeth Banks, Mike Judge, Bob Odenkirk, Steve Baker, Damon Escot, and Griffin Dunne, and starring turns by Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Gerard Butler, Elizabeth Banks, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Emma Stone, Matt Walsh, Tony Shalhoub, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kieran Culkin, Chloe Moretz, Anton Yelchin, Patrick Warburton, Richard Gere, Julianne Moore, Jack McBrayer and Kristin Bell. The project has been quietly filming with the talent involved completing their segments when their schedules have allowed.
Virgin Produced have inked a distribution deal with Relativity to distribute their films, but no surprise here, as Relativity are also co-financing the project. Deadline reports that five segments are still left to be filmed so don’t expect this in theaters just yet.