Hulu is in final talks to acquire the David Gordon Green-directed family comedy “Nutcrackers” that recently opened the Toronto Film Festival.
Ben Stiller, Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker and Toby Hussles star in the comedy about a work-obsessed city slicker (Stiller) who is forced to move to rural Ohio to take care of his sister’s children after her sudden passing.
To his astonishment, these blue-collar kids are skilled ballet dancers, and he finds an outlet for their endless energy.
What begins as a short trip to find them foster care turns into a gradual realization that this is where he belongs.
Real-life siblings Homer, Ulysses, Atlas and Arlo Janson, whose mother is a longtime family friend of Green, plays the kids with the film shot on their family farm in Ohio.
The film is currently scoring just 41% (4.9/10) on Rotten Tomatoes despite what was said to be a ‘rousing’ screening in Toronto.
Leland Douglas penned the film while Nate Meyer, Rob Paris and Mike Witherill produce. Hulu will release it at Christmas.
