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EXCLUSIVE: Cut Off, Jonah Hill’s new comedy for Warner Bros. Pictures, has another new addition in Nathan Lane (Only Murders in the Building), Deadline has learend.
As previously announced, Hill and Kristen Wiig lead the cast also featuring Bette Midler, who officially boarded the project only yesterday. In the film, following a pair of rich siblings (Hill & Wiig) who are cut off from their parents, Lane will play the family patriarch, with Midler portraying his wife.
Hill will direct from a script co-written with Ezra Woods, also producing alongside Matt Dines and Ali Goodwin under his Strong Baby banner. Jesse Ehrman and Zach Hamby are overseeing the project for Warner Bros, which has slated it for release in theaters worldwide on July 17, 2026. The rare film these days to shoot in Califonia, the film will do so this fall with a $10M tax credit, as previously reported.
An eight-time Emmy nominee who won for the first time a few years ago for a guest star role in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, Lane has also over the course of his career been seen in more than 35 films — among them, two recent titles for A24 (Beau Is Afraid and Dicks: The Musical), as well as such classics as The Lion King, The Birdcage, and The Producers.
Also the recipient of two Golden Globe nominations, a SAG Award, an American Comedy Award, and a Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award, Lane’s other recent credits on the TV side include HBO Max’s The Gilded Age and Hulu’s Mid-Century Modern. Earlier TV credits included Monster, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Modern Family, American Crime Story, and The Good Wife, to name just a few.
The actor is repped by CAA and Anonymous Content.
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