CBS Films announced a few more additions to the ensemble comedy Get a Job today. Community star Alison Brie, Nicholas Braun (Red State), Brandon T. Jackson (Tropic Thunder) and Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live) have been added to a cast that includes Bryan Cranston, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Miles Teller (Footloose). The multi-generational comedy centers on four recent college graduates âwho discover that their lofty expectations and the realities of adulthood are two very different things.â Teller leads the cast as a guy who finds his true calling after struggling through an entry-level job, and Braun, Mintz-Plasse and Jackson will play Tellerâs three friends who each find different careers. Brie will play âone of the groupâs sharp-witted coworkersâ and Pharoah plays a character that starts his own recession-proof business. Jesse Eisenberg had been looking to make a cameo role in the pic, but the press release (predictably) makes no mention of his involvement. Hit the jump for more, including the full press release.The premise of the comedy sounds like the film may have hints of Horrible Bosses, but director Dylan Kidd (Rodger Doger) says theyâre making an âemotionally honest comedy.â Iâm most excited to see Cranston stretch his comedic chops as Tellerâs father, whoâs hunting for a job at the same time as his son, but Brie is always a highlight of every project she appears in. Hit the jump to read the full press release. Production starts next week in Los Angeles.Hereâs the full press release:
LOS ANGELES â March 7, 2012 â CBS Films announced today that Bryan Cranston (Drive, TVâs Breaking Bad), Anna Kendrick (50/50, Up In The Air) and Miles Teller (Footloose, Project X) will star in the comedy tentatively titled Get A Job. Â Nick Braun (Prom, TVâs Poor Paul), Alison Brie (Scream 4, TVâs Community), Brandon T. Jackson (Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, Tropic Thunder), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Fright Night, Superbad) and Jay Pharoah (TVâs Saturday Night Live, Lola Versus) are set to co-star in the film. Dylan Kidd (Roger Dodger, TVâs Childrenâs Hospital) is attached to direct the film from a screenplay by Kyle Pennekamp and Scott Turpel. Â Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher (Django Unchained, Contagion) of Double Feature Films are attached to produce.
Get A Job is a multi-generational comedy about four recent college graduates who discover that their lofty expectations and the realities of adulthood are two very different things. Â Teller will play Will Davis, who finds his true calling after struggling through an entry level job. Â Kendrick plays Jillian Stewart, Willâs type-A girlfriend, who lives her life according to the strictest of plans. Â Cranston plays Roger Davis, Willâs father who is hunting for a job at the same time as his son. Â Braun, Mintz-Plasse and Jackson will play Willâs three friends, (Charlie, Ethan and Luke, respectively), each of whom find careers with some interesting results. Brie will play Tanya, one of the groupâs sharp-witted co-workers. Â Pharoah will play Skeezy D, who starts his own recession-proof business.
âWe are making an emotionally honest comedy about the challenges that every generation faces in our rapidly changing world. We have assembled an extraordinary cast to make that happen,â commented Kidd.
Maria Faillace and Ryan Conroy are overseeing the project for CBS Films. The film is set to begin production on March 12th in Los Angeles.