Miranda Bailey’s Cold Iron Pictures is partnering with Imagine Entertainment on the feature film, YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY. The comedy, which will begin production in May, is a project developed in the Imagine/Reliance BIG Entertainment Writers’ Lab written by Glen Lakin, an AFI alum, that was further developed by Bailey. Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Karen Kehela Sherwood of Imagine Entertainment and Amanda Marshall of Cold Iron Pictures will produce.
The comedy will star Jim Gaffigan (FX’s “Fargo,” The Bleeder) as the seemingly normal father of a loving family. However, his home life is hilariously turned upside down when his 17-year-old son discovers that his dad has a second family.
YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY marks the narrative directorial debut of Bailey, who directed the upcoming documentary The Pathological Optimist and the doc, Greenlight, which premiered at SXSW in 2010. Acclaimed cinematographer, Yaron Scharf (Footnote) whom Bailey worked with on the upcoming Sony Classics release, Norman, will lens. Bailey and Cold Iron are also part of the producing team for last year’s Film Independent Spirit Award nominated and critically acclaimed The Diary of a Teenage Girl, as well as this year’s Swiss Army Man, also a Spirit Award nominee.
“Partnering with Imagine is a dream come true for me as a filmmaker and that dream was made even better when Jim Gaffigan responded to our material and jumped onboard to play the complex role of Frank. I’m soooo excited!” stated Bailey.
Jim Gaffigan is a Grammy-nominated comedian, actor, writer, producer, 2-time New York Times best-selling author, top touring performer, and multi-platinum-selling father of five. He is known around the world for his unique brand of humor which largely revolves around fatherhood and his observations on life and food. He has six movies premiering in 2017 and he was recently cast as a series regular for season 3 of FX Networks’ crime thriller, “Fargo.”
Bailey is represented by ICM Partners and Echo Lake Entertainment; Gaffigan is represented by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners; Lakin is represented by UTA and Echo Lake Entertainment.
