Dinklage will co-star with Melissa McCarthy in the film, which is based on an original character created by McCarthy. The script will be written by Ben Falcone, McCarthy and Steve Mallory. Falcone will direct. The story follows a titan of industry, who is sent to prison after she鈥檚 caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America鈥檚 latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.
Dinklage, who will play the antagonist, starred in the title role in Richard III at , Charlie Kaufman's radio play Theater of the New Ear at , Things We Want by Jonathan Marc Sherman at and Uncle Vanya at Bard Summerscape. Dinklage's film credits include "The Station Agent," "X-Men: Days of Future Past," "Death at a Funeral" and "Living in Oblivion."
The film will be released April 8, 2016. Falcone and McCarthy are also producing along with and .
