Way back in November of 2015 it was announced that Cate Blanchett would be taking on the lead in Richard Linklater’s adaptation of Maria Semple’s 2012 bestseller Where’d You Go, Bernadette?, and now THR is reporting that she will be joined in the cast by Kristen Wiig.
The project has been adapted by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (The Fault in Our Stars), and “centers on an agoraphobic architect and mother named Bernadette Branch, who goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica.” Blanchett is set to play Bernadette, with Wiig as an uptight mom who likes to make her life difficult.
Linklater is currently in post-production on his latest film Last Flag Flying, which stars Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne. He has also recently signed on to direct Robert Downey Jr. in the as-yet-untitled biopic of conman Dr. John Brinkley.
Originally published March 27, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
