Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw are set to join Ed Helms and Owen Wilson in the feature comedy Bastards, it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.
Bastards is the directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Larry Sher (“The Hangover” films). Principal photography is set to start in Atlanta and Miami this September. The film will be released by Warner Bros. via Alcon’s output deal.
Simmons and Bradshaw, who plays himself, join the cast as potential father figures to Wilson and Helms’ characters. The film focuses on the two brothers whose eccentric mother raised them to believe their father had died when they were young. When they discover this to be a lie, they set out to find their real father, learning more about their mother than they probably ever wanted to know.
Johnson and Kosove state: “We are thrilled that Terry Bradshaw and J.K. Simmons are joining the cast. As two of the potential fathers in the film, they both add a perfect comedic touch to an already hilarious script.”
Alcon is financing Bastards and producing with Montecito Picture Company, whose Ivan Reitman, Tom Pollock and Ali Bell will produce along with Johnson and Kosove. Chris Fenton and Chris Coles are executive producing. Justin Malen (Bad Teacher 2) wrote the screenplay.
Simmons is repped by The Gersh Agency. Bradshaw is repped by Ira Stahlberger at WME.
