Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Patinkin & Gad "Wish I Was Here"

Mandy Patinkin has joined Zach Braff's indie drama "Wish I Was Here". Braff made the announcement via Twitter.


Braff plays a 35-year-old an actor who is struggling to provide for his family. When his ailing father (Patinkin) can no longer afford to pay for his young children's private school, he reluctantly agrees to home school them.

Josh Gad has joined the cast as Braff’s brother Jonah who becomes smitten with a young cosplayer named Janine (Anna Kendrick) according to The Wrap


Jim Parsons will co-star.

Braff helms from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother, Adam J. Braff.

The Garden State filmmaker hopes to use some of the same people that he has worked with in the past.

Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg will produce the pic.

Braff raised production capital via Kickstarter for the film and has raised $2.62 million in three weeks from more than 38,200 fans.

The plan is to shoot the film in Los Angeles in the summer

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