This week, Jennifer Garner (age 50) posted images of herself with Rita Moreno (age 91), her co-star in the forthcoming Netflix comedy Family Leave, with co-star Ed Helms (age 38). The ensemble cast of Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms’s forthcoming Netflix film “Family Leave” has been completed.
Actors Rita Moreno, Matthias Schweighöfer, Bashir Salahuddin, Ilia Isorel’s Paulino, Fortune Feimster, Xosha Roquemore, Paul Scheer, King Bach aka Andrew Bachelor, Pete Holmes, Naomi Ekperigin, Dan Finnerty, Cyrus Arnold, and Vanessa Carrasco have all signed on for the comedic flick.
Jennifer Garner Is In Awe Of Rita Moreno
Inspired by Amy Krouse-book Rosenthal’s of the same name, “Family Leave” follows Jess (Garner) and Bill Walker (Helms) as they attempt to maintain family ties as their children develop into young adults. The Walkers must work together to achieve their goals of a promotion, college interview, record contract, and soccer tryout after a fortuitous meeting with an astrological reader results in a complete body swap on the morning of each member’s most significant day. Jess and Bill’s kids, CC and Wyatt, are played by Emma Myers (“Wednesday”) and Brady Noon (“The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers”).
The film “Family Leave” was directed by Joseph McGinty Nichol (aka McG) and was written by Victoria Strouse, with updates by Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair. Jennifer Garner, Nicole King Solaka of Linden Entertainment, McG and Mary Viola of Wonderland, and Lawrence Grey and Ben Everard of Grey Matter Productions are also producers. It is executive produced by David Hyman and Jason Brian Rosenthal. According to the source, the plot of the film centers on a family that has to work together when a magical body swap ruins everyone’s chances at a promotion, college interview, record contract, and soccer tryout on the same day.
