Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates has signed on to star in Mary McGuckian's "Funny Farm," joining a cast that includes Malcolm McDowell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rupert Graves, Lucy Davis and Ian Hart says The Hollywood Reporter.
"Farm" is set in a celebrity drug and alcohol rehab clinic and is a follow-up to McGuckian's experimental blackly comic satire "Rag Tale" which examines the "amorality" of the tabloid newspaper industry. McGuckian also aims to shoot a third film along the same lines.
"Farm" will employ the same experimental technique as McGuckian's first film, with the cast choosing their own roles and working without a script. Shooting is scheduled to begin in New Mexico in the Fall.
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