Fey Almost Ready To "Leave You"

THR says that Tina Fey is entering negotiations to join "This Is Where I Leave You".

Based on Jonathan Tropper's novel, the story centers on a father who dies and requests that his highly dysfunctional and non-religious family sit Shiva for seven days.

Fey will play Jason Bateman's older sister, a woman who is married and whose first love now has brain damage. Kathryn Hahn will likely play Bateman's sister-in-law.Ari Graynor is rumored as well

Tropper has written the adapted script.

At one point Goldie Hawn, was to play the family matriarch while Bateman, Zac Efron, and Leslie Mann were poised to be playing siblings. While Malin Akerman would play Bateman’s wife whose affair with his boss (Jason Sudeikis) goes public.

Shawn Levy ("Night at the Museum") replaced Adam Shankman as director on the pic last November.

Fey and Levy worked on the very uneven comedy Date Night together

Jennifer Gibgot, Paula Weinstein Shankman and Jeff Levine are producing the film.

There are plans to shoot it this summer