Ira & Abby Out with Magnolia

The deals still fly at Cannes as 2929 Entertainment's sub Magnolia Pictures snatches US distribution rights for the latest Jennifer Westfeldt project Ira and Abby. Westfeldt made a name for herself with her 2001 work Kissing Jessica Stein, which she penned and headlined.

The actress/writer is best known for her television appearances, enlists the talent of many of her TV cohorts to co-star in her latest work. Ira and Abby is another nearly sole Westfeldt jaunt as she again handles scribe and actor duties, and picks up exec producer for good measure. The pic, helmed by Robert Cary (Save Me), focuses on a neurotic New Yorker (tv vet Chris Messina) who falls in love with free spirit Abby (Westfeldt). The rest of the cast reads like an issue of TV Guide, with Frances Conroy, Judith Light, Robert Klein, Jason Alexander, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell and Darrell Hammond rounding out the ensemble group.