Jennifer Garner is set to star with fellow Golden Globe winner Paul Walter Hauser in the true-crime movie "Fruitcake".
Max Winkler is directing the true story about Sandy and Kay Jenkins, a seemingly upstanding middle-class couple who went on to embezzle millions from popular Texas-based business Collin Street Bakery.
Hauser will play Sandy — an unassuming accountant who was funneling large sums of money into his accounts and credit card bills to support a lavish lifestyle, including expensive jewelry, private jet trips and a second home in New Mexico — while Garner will play his wife, Kay.
The pic is based on the Texas Monthly article “Just Desserts” by Katy Vine, who will serve as a consultant. The 2016 Black List screenplay is written by Trey Selman and produced by Red Sanders at Texas-based Red Entertainment along with Trey Selman.
The Exchange is arranging financing and representing the movie’s worldwide distribution rights, having previously worked with Winkler on Zoey Deutch starrer Flower.
Executive producers are Brian O’Shea and Danny Gusman of The Exchange with Collin Street president and CEO Bob McNutt, and Texas Monthly’s Scott Brown and Megan Creydt.
Garner has "Deadpool and Wolverine" upcoming, while Hauser has "Inside Out 2" and "War Unfolding" in post.
the project was set up five years ago with different financiers and Laura Dern and Will Ferrell attached, but it has undergone a makeover.
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