Coming-Soon Movie: Snatched 2017

Synopsis:

After her boyfriend dumps her on the eve of their exotic vacation, impetuous dreamer Emily Middleton persuades her ultra-cautious mother, Linda to travel with her to paradise. Polar opposites, Emily and Linda realize that working through their differences as mother and daughter - in unpredictable, hilarious fashion - is the only way to escape the wildly outrageous jungle adventure they have fallen into.

Snatched (originally titled Mother/Daughter) is an upcoming American action comedy film directed by Jonathan Levine and written by Katie Dippold, Amy Schumer, and Kim Caramele. The film stars Schumer and Goldie Hawn along with Joan Cusack, Christopher Meloni, Ike Barinholtz, Óscar Jaenada, and Wanda Sykes.

A mother and daughter become part of an unexpected adventure when a vacation goes wrong. Co-writer Katie Dippold said it was inspired by her own relationship with her mother.

Production:

On May 22, 2015, trade reports announced that Amy Schumer would be starring in an action-comedy film scripted by Katie Dippold, which would be rewritten by Schumer and her sister Kim Caramele. Paul Feig would produce through Feigco Entertainment along with Chernin Entertainment's Jessie Henderson. 20th Century Fox would distribute the film worldwide. On August 18, 2015, Jonathan Levine was in talks to direct the film.

On February 8, 2016, it was reported that Goldie Hawn was in talks to play Schumer's mother in the film, in what would be her first film role since 2002's The Banger Sisters. In May 2016, Christopher Meloni, Ike Barinholtz, Oscar Jaenada and Wanda Sykes were added to the cast. By May, the film had the working title Mother/Daughter.

As of June 15, 2016, the film had begun principal photography in Hawaii. Filming wrapped on August 12, 2016.[citation needed] On December 12, 2016, Schumer announced that the movie would be titled Snatched. It is scheduled for release May 12, 2017.

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