Megan Mullally gained legions of fans as Karen in Will & Grace, but she’s mainly made do with supporting roles that haven’t really shown he full talents. Now THR reports that she and another larger than life scene-stealer, Jennifer Coolidge, have signed up for Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner are already cast in the film, based on Judith Viorst’s 1972 children’s book, which focuses on Alexander (newcomer Ed Oxenbould), a young boy who wakes up with gum in his hair, and as the title suggest, his day gets progressively worse and worse. Steve Carell is set to play Alexander’s father, with Garner as his mother.
There’s no news on how Mullally and Coolidge will fit into the film.
Miguel Arteta directs, based on a script by Rob Lieber, with Disney backing the movie.
An adaptation of Judith Viorst’s classic children’s book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day has been in the works for a couple of years, but it’s had a bit of trouble getting to the screen, with 20th Century Fox dropping it and then Disney picking it up.
A movie version of the classic children’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day has been in the works for quite a while, with Steve Carell attached to star. Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right) was set to direct back in October, but after Fox dropped the project and Disney picked it up, she decided to step aside.