Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo’s ‘Barb and Star…’ gets July 2020 release date

PTI, Aug 10, 2019, 12:31 PM IST

Los Angeles: Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo’s upcoming comedy “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” will hit the theatres worldwide in July 2020.

Directed by Josh Greenbaum, the film marks the reunion of Wiig and Mumolo, who previously worked together on 2011 rom-com “Bridesmaid”.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” will open in the US on July 31, 2020.

Wiig and Mumolo have co-written the film and they also feature in it alongside “Fifty Shades Freed” star Jamie Dornan.

“Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” revolves around best friends Barb and Star (Wiig and Mumolo), who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, where they soon find themselves tangled up in adventure, love and a villain’s evil plot to kill everyone in town.

Dornan is portraying Edgar, a lovelorn spy who gets caught between the forces of good and evil.

Gloria Sanchez Productions, the female-focused film and television production company founded and led by Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, is producing the project along with Wiig and Mumolo.