Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the comedy actors who generated record ratings when they presented the Golden Globes this year, are to reunite in forthcoming film The Nest.
The pair will play sisters who discover that their parents are putting their family home up for sale, and who have one last 'wild weekend' there (with the usual Hollywood tropes of maturing and learning thrown in along the way). It will be the second film the pair have co-headlined, following Baby Mama in 2008, though both also appeared in the Fey-penned Mean Girls.
The Nest will be written by Paula Pell, who is a staff writer on Saturday Night Live, the comedy entertainment show that both actors have graduated from in recent years; Pell has also written episodes of Fey's TV comedy 30 Rock. Jason Moore, who helmed Pitch Perfect, will direct.
Since their Saturday Night Live days, each actor has had numerous successes: Fey with 30 Rock and a string of films including Date Night and Muppets Most Wanted, and Poehler with her Globe-winning sitcom Parks and Recreation. They're signed on to present the Globes again next year, after their sparkling, edgy gags of the last two years.
Poehler has also guest starred in and executive produced a sitcom written by her brother Greg Poehler, Welcome to Sweden, which airs in the US in July. About a man who follows his girlfriend to her native Sweden, it also features Will Ferrell, Aubrey Plaza and Gene Simmons in guest spots playing themselves; it is based on Greg's own life after he relocated, became a standup comedian following a law career, and fell in love with his now-wife.
