BREAKING NEWS IN YUBA COUNTY (2021): MGM Buys Allison Janney’s Comedy Drama

MGM Buys Allison Janney’s Breaking News In Yuba County

MGM Studios has recently bought the North American rights to Allison Janney’s comedy-drama Breaking News In Yuba County and is set to release the film on January 29th 2021.

Janney — known for her performances in The West Wing, American Beauty, and I Tonya — stars as an underappreciated pencil pusher who catches her husband cheating on her, which causes him to keel over from a heart attack. She buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband; though she soon finds herself in way over her head while trying to conceal the truth from her sister (Mila Kunis), a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story, and a relentless local policewoman (Regina Hall).

A classically trained actress, Janney made her breakout appearance in the political comedy drama The West Wing in 1999 and from there went on to feature in many titles including Private Parts (1997), Primary Colors (1998), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), American Beauty (1999), Nurse Betty (2000), The Hours (2002), Hairspray (2007), Juno (2007), The Help (2011), The Way, Way Back (2013), Tammy (2014), Spy (2015), Tallulah (2016), The Girl on the Train (2016), Bad Education (2019) and Bombshell (2019).

Breaking News in Yuba County will be the first film released under the newly relaunched production company, American International Pictures, which was founded as an independent film production and distribution company during the 1950s.

Awkwafina, Wanda Sykes, Matthew Modine, Ellen Barkin, Samira Wiley, Bridget Everett, Clifton Collins Jr., Jimmi Simpson and Juliette Lewis were cast in supporting roles. Tate Taylor directed the film from a script by Amanda Idoko.

“Tate has made a widely entertaining film and we are thrilled to be partnering with him and AGC Studios to bring it to audiences in January,” said Chris Ottinger, president of worldwide television distribution and acquisitions at MGM Studios.

The film was financed by AGC Studios in association with Ingenious Media and Fibonacci Films. The production studios are AGC Studios, Taylor, Jake Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker via their Nine Stories banner, Franklin Leonard’s The Black List, and John Norris. Executive producers are AGC’s chairman and CEO Stuart Ford, AGC’s COO Miguel PalosJr., Nine Stories’ Annie Marter, Greg Shapiro, Greg Clark, Victoria Hill, Amit Pandya, Stephen Spence, Robin Mulcahy Fisichella, Allison Janney, and Amanda Idoko. MGM’s Sam Wollman and AGC’s Ford and Anant Tamirisa brokered the acquisition deal.

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