After the American Box Office success that is IDENTITY THIEF, it’s no surprise that people are now lining up to star in the next Melissa McCarthy road trip comedy TAMMY. Written by McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone, TAMMY will find McCarthy as an overweight woman fired from her job only to discover her husband is having an affair. She decides to take a roadtrip with her heavy drinking and foulmouthed grandmother. Playing the grandmother will be Susan Sarandon, which always freaks me out because, let’s be honest, she’s getting better looking. Shirley Maclaine was once discussing the role but it appears they failed to reach a deal. Kathy Bates will play Sarandon’s lesbian friend and Mark Duplass will play a man TAMMY meets on her journey. He may even be a love interest. Falcone is set to direct the film himself after the departure of THE HELP’s Tate Taylor.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
