Mann marries Carrey for black comedy
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - “Knocked Up” co-star
Leslie Mann will play Jim Carrey’s wife in “I Love You Phillip
Morris,” a black comedy from the duo behind “Bad Santa.”
Carrey plays a married father who is sent to prison and
falls in love with a cellmate named Phillip Morris (Ewan
McGregor). His love leads him to make several escape attempts.
The film will be directed by “Bad Santa” scribes Glenn
Ficarra and John Requa. Production begins later this month.
Mann will next be seen in “17 Again” opposite Zac Efron,
and will star opposite Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen in an
untitled project being developed by her husband, Judd Apatow.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
