The Kitchen (2019 film)

The Kitchen is an upcoming American crime-drama film written and directed by Andrea Berloff, in her directorial debut. The film stars Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss as the wives of Irish mobsters who take over organized crime operations after the FBI arrests their husbands. The film is set to be released in the United States on September 20, 2019.

Cast

• Melissa McCarthy as "an adoring mother" who leads the women's charge to take over the business."^[1]
• Tiffany Haddish as Ruby O'Carroll, a woman willing to kill anyone in the way of her plan.
• Elisabeth Moss as Claire Walsh, a timid wife of an abusive husband who falls in love with the violence of her new life.
• Common as Gary Silvers, an FBI agent.
• Domhnall Gleeson as Gabriel O'Malley, an intense Vietnam vet who worked for the neighborhood gangsters as a hitman before skipping town to avoid the police. He returns to settle scores when the wives take over and ends up falling for Claire.
• Margo Martindale as "a woman who runs the Irish mob behind the scenes."^[2]
• Bill Camp as "the boss of a Brooklyn Italian crime family."^[2]
• Alicia Coppola as Maria Coretti, the wife of Camp’s character.
• Brian d'Arcy James as the husband of McCarthy’s character.
• James Badge Dale as Kevin O’Carroll, the husband of Ruby.
• Jeremy Bobb as Rob Walsh, the violent husband of Claire.
• James Ciccone as Joe Goon, hitman for the Coretti crime family
• Myk Watford as Little Jackie, who initially assumes control of one of the mob crews after his boss is sent to prison.

Production

In February 2017, Andrea Berloff signed on to helm an adaptation of The Kitchen, a Vertigo comic book miniseries by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle. Berloff had already been commissioned to write the screenplay for the film adaptation, but she impressed executives at New Line Cinema, the film’s production company, with her "edgy and subversive" perspective.^[3]

In November 2017, Tiffany Haddish, coming off of a breakout performance in Girls Trip, signed on to costar in the film as one of its three main female characters.^[4] In February 2018, Melissa McCarthy signed on to costar in the film.^[5] In March 2018, Elisabeth Moss joined the cast as the last of the three leads, while Margo Martindale, Bill Camp, and Brian d'Arcy James were also cast in the film.^[1][2] In April 2018, Domhnall Gleeson, Common, James Badge Dale, Jeremy Bobb, Myk Watford, and Alicia Coppola joined the cast.^[6][7][8] In May 2018, James Ciccone joined the cast.^[9]

Principal production commenced on May 7, 2018^[10], in New York City.^[11]

Release

The Kitchen will be released on September 20, 2019 by Warner Bros.^[12]

References

External links

• The Kitchen on IMDb