Renée Zellweger will star alongside Johnny Knoxville in “4 ½ Minutes,” a comedy that will mark the directorial debut for the actress, K5 International and PalmStar Media Capital announced Thursday.
Set in New York City's stand-up comedy world, Knoxville will play Jimmy Bennett, a commitment-phobic comedian whose life is falling apart when he takes a job looking after the genius son of single mom P.J. Andersen, played by Zellweger.
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The film is written by Anthony Tambakis, and is based on the life and comedy of real-life stand-up Dov Davidoff, with whom Tambakis created the story.