Alec Baldwin will team with the younger Roberts, Emma, for Derick and Steven Martini's indie dramedy Lymelife.
Alec Baldwin, Emma Roberts for Lymelife
Alec Baldwin and Emma Roberts will join Cynthia Nixon, Rory Culkin, Kieran Culkin, Jill Hennessy and Timothy Hutton in Lymelife, a story set in late '70s Long Island. The coming-of-age tale follows two families who fall apart when precarious relationships, real estate problems and Lyme disease converge in the heart of suburbia.
The Martini brothers will direct off a script they co-wrote.
"It's a very personal story, and it's something I've been trying to get made for five years," said Derick Martini, who developed Lymelife under Robert Redford at the 2001 Sundance Filmmakers Lab. "I've done a lot in the meantime, but (the story) has always nagged at me. It's a terrific feeling to finally see it through to its fruition."
In preparation, the brothers shot experimental scenes with Kieran Culkin in front of the camera. He has since grown too old for the role and has moved up to playing an older brother.
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