A Bunch Of Folks Will Fly With The Seagull

Katie Holmes, William Hurt, Allison Janney, Russell Means, Jean Reno, Mark Rylance and Juliet Rylance are all in various stages of negotiations to join the currently untitled modern re-telling of Anton Chekhov's play "The Seagull" says Variety.

The story is set in rural New England where reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. Janney will play a movie star, Hurt will play her ailing brother, Holmes will play the temperamental daughter of the estate's caretaker.

Christian Camargo, best known as the homicidal brother of the title character in the cable series "Dexter", will make his directorial debut on the pic which he has adapted.

Rylance and Barbara Romer will produce.

Production kicks off this summer in upstate New York.