Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney May Join 'The Heart' with Kristen Wiig

Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney must really enjoy one another's company. They starred in two movies together in 2013; one was Jim Rash and Nat Faxon's summer comedy The Way Way Back, and the other was Trust Me, the directorial debut of Agent Coulson...er, Clark Gregg. Now they're in talks to reunite with Rash and Faxon once again for The Heart.

Kristen Wiig has been attached to star in the action-comedy for a couple of years now, as the project has been sitting on the shelf ever since Rash and Faxon won Oscars for The Descendants.  She plays a cash-strapped woman who agrees to transport black market organs with a total stranger played by Rockwell. Assuming Janney can fit it into her schedule, she would play Wiig's intimidating boss who has two boyfriends.

Filming on The Heart is set to begin next month. [TheWrap]

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Maya Rudolph, Amanda Peet, and Rob Corddry join 'The Way, Way Back'

So how much better could things get for Jim Rash and Nat Faxon? The duo already took home an Oscar for adapting The Descendants to universal acclaim, so that now any project they want to get done is going to attract the hottest stars. They've already got an action comedy lined up with Kristen Wiig, and they've been pulling together a remarkable cast for their directorial debut, The Way, Way Back.

With Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Sam Rockwell and young Liam James headlining, the final touches have now been put on the cast. Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry, and Amanda Peet are the latest to join the coming of age dramedy, which tells the story of a boy who starts a friendship over the course of one summer that gives him the strength to stand up to his boozing, abusive stepfather. Carell will break from the norm as the stepfather, with Collete playing James' mother, and Rockwell as the water park manager he forms the bond with.

AnnaSophia Robb(Soul Surfer) and Allison Janney(Drop Dead Gorgeous) make up the rest of the versatile cast. Filming is set to begin next week in Massachusetts. [Deadline]

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'The Descendants' writers land Steve Carell and Toni Collette for their directorial debut, 'The Way, Way Back'

Academy Award firmly in hand, The Descendants scribes Jim Rash and Nat Faxon are seeing exactly what victory brings. Increased leverage and the ability to get every stalled project rolling again. Such is the case with The Way, Way Back, their directorial debut which has been lounging in limbo for years. Now that it's finally gearing up, they don't seem to be having any trouble rounding up top shelf talent, hooking Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney, and AnnaSophia Robb(Soul Surfer). Jake Gyllenhaal was even circling it at one point.

The film still needed an A-list face to sell it, and now they have it with Variety reporting Steve Carell coming aboard, along with Toni Collette. The coming-of-age story follows a teenage boy who strikes up a friendship over the course of one summer that gives him the courage to stand up to his boozing, abusive stepfather. Carell, in what will clearly be the darkest role of his career, will play the stepdad. Collette will play the boy's mother. Carell and Collette last worked together in Little Miss Sunshine.

A number of directors have been attached at one point or another, starting with Shawn Levy and including Alexander Payne, but there's something right about Rash and Faxon taking it on themselves. Production on The Way, Way Back begins this summer.

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'The Descendants' writers land Kristen Wiig for their untitled action comedy

This past Sunday's Academy Awards proved to be one hell of a night for writers Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, with the duo winning the Best Adapted Screenplay award for The Descendants(the film should've won more, dammit!!). Plus, their striking leg pose making fun of Angelina Jolie has become an instant internet meme. It doesn't get much better than that, and they're doing what every Oscar winner should do by using their newfound clout to get other projects off the ground.

Variety reports they've just sold a script for an untitled action comedy, which would normally be big enough news. However it's only made better by the fact that Kristen Wiig is attached to star, although plot details right now are unknown. Wiig is coming off a loss in the Best Original Screenplay category for her Bridesmaids script, co-written by Annie Mumolo. Faxon and Rash no doubt used their history working with Wiig as part of The Groundlings comedy troupe to get her on board. Faxon and Rash are set to make their directorial debuts with The Way, Way Back, a coming of age story starring Sam Rockwell and Allison Janney. Jake Gyllenhaal was once in talks to star.

Wiig will be seen next week with many of her Bridesmaids colleagues in the adult comedy, Friends With Kids.

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