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Kristen Wiig and Bill Murray to star in Epiphany

The film will also reunite Murray and screenwriter Mitch Glazer after 2015's A Very Murray Christmas

Sreejith Mullappilly

After their collaboration on 2016's Ghostbusters reboot, Kristen Wiig and Bill Murray are set to team up again in filmmaker Max Barbakow's upcoming comedy film Epiphany. The film will also reunite Murray and screenwriter Mitch Glazer after 2015's A Very Murray Christmas. Known as the helmer of 2020's science-fiction rom-com film Palm Springs, Barbakow is directing Epiphany from Glazer's screenplay.

The film follows a fashionista (Wiig) who uses up all her family fortune and must marry an affluent person in 14 days to ensure her survival. Her quest for such a person leads her to a math-savvy billionaire (Murray). She needs his money, whereas he likes her spirit and spontaneous behaviour.

Glazer is also producing the film, with Lee Stollman and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein of The Gotham Group. Murray and Wiig act as executive producers, along with Jillian Apfelbaum and Margot Hand.

Director Barbakow described the roles for Murray and Wiig as "iconic" and the actors as "totally original unicorns." The filmmaker added that, besides eliciting laughter, Epiphany will reflect "the wonderful absurdities of everyday life."

Murray's upcoming projects also include The Phoenician Scheme, where he comes back together with his Isle of Dogs and The Grand Budapest Hotel filmmaker Wes Anderson.

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