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Tika Sumpter & Tyler Perry Team On ‘Sisters In Italy’ Rom-Com For Amazon MGM; Whoopi Goldberg, Ernie Hudson & More Set For Supporting Roles
Tyler Perry and Tika Sumpter are in production on 'Unt. Sisters in Italy,' a new rom-com co-written by and starring Sumpter for Amazon MGM Studios.
Sisters in Italy will feature a supporting cast including Bresha Webb ( Run the World), EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg ( The Color Purple), Ernie Hudson ( Ghostbusters franchise), Godfrey ( Regular Black), Giulio Berruti ( Downhill), Edmond Layrea ( The Blacklist), Sarayu Blue ( Expats), and Justin Chatwin ( Reagan). While the sisters contemplate what to do with the establishment, the two are tasked with a series of assignments delivered posthumously by their mother to preserve their sisterhood and learn how to live life at its fullest. Sumpter is repped by UTA, Brookside Artist Management, and Hansen Jacobson Teller; Webb by Linden Entertainment, Gersh, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Goldberg by WME and Edelstein Laird & Sobel; Godfrey by Innovative Artists and The Arlook Group; Berruti by Marina Masowietsky Management; Layrea by Steinberg Talent Management and STW Talent Agency; Blue by CAA, Mosaic, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Chatwin by Oscars Abrams Zimel & Associates and Innovative Artists; and Coutinho by Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston and attorney Chris Abramson.
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