MGM has added indie comedy "Death at a Funeral" to its slate and set Frank Oz ("The Score", "The Stepford Wives") to direct reports The Hollywood Reporter.

"Funeral" follows a dysfunctional British family as they gather to mourn the passing of their patriarch. But when a man threatens to expose the patriarch's secret unless he is paid a princely sum, the man's two sons try to do everything to keep the secret from leaking to the guests, and what should be a heartfelt good-bye turns into a calamity.

Matthew Macfadyen, Peter Dinklage and Ewen Bremner star in the project which has a screenplay by Dean Craig and is produced by Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.