American beauties join Mendes cast

Good Night, And Good Luck star Jeff Daniels and A Mighty Wind's Catherine O'Hara are the latest Hollywood hotshots to sign up for the new comedy from American Beauty director Sam Mendes.

The Hollywood Reporter says the pair have joined a cast including Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live, A Prairie Home Companion), John Krasinski (Leatherheads, The Office: An American Workplace) and Alison Janney (Juno, The West Wing), for the film, which starts production this week.

Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine), Kevin J Connor (There Will Be Blood) and Paul Schneider (Lars And The Real Girl) are also on board for the movie, which was written by Where The Wild Things Are author Dave Eggers and his novelist wife Vendela Vida.

Although the newspaper says the project does not yet have a final title, previous reports about the production have said it is "tentatively" called This Must Be The Place.

The film will tell the story of a couple and their overbearing companion (Janney) as they travel across the States looking for the perfect place to raise a child.

Mendes, whose other credits include Jarhead and Road To Perdition, has recently wrapped on Revolutionary Road with Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates and Leonard Di Caprio.

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