Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks have signed on to co star as siblings who discover each other after the events of their father’s death in Alex Kurtzman’s directoral debut Welcome to People.
At this moment we know that Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks will star in the movie titled Welcome to People
Directorial debut of Alex Kurtzman, who penned the script with writing/producing partner Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert is set to start shooting in January.
Welcome to People tells the story of “a struggling twentysomething man who, after flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew existed, and her troubled 12-year-old son. Determined to keep the money to solve his own problems, he’s nonetheless fascinated by his unknown kin and makes contact with the two without revealing who he really is.”
I could watch Elizabeth Banks knit poorly for 90 minutes and I would be ok with it.
But it should be interesting to see her in a more serious role. While she typically does comedy, she is capable of drama too.
Its a good thing that Kurtzman will have these capable actors to work with as I have no idea what he might be like as a director.
