[Lord_Stewie]

Hey,

License to wed, anyone?

Robin Williams has signed on to star in Touchstone's comedy Wedding Banned.

While the idea of Robin Williams and a title that includes "wed" makes us shudder at the thought of another, awful, License To Wed-style pic, it clearly hasn't put him off.

Fresh off of working on high concept comedy Old Dogs for Disney, he's back in the saddle, playing one half of a divorced couple who kidnap their daughter as she's about to walk down the aisle to stop her making a mistake.

And - don't tell us you didn't see this one coming - the pair re-kindle their own relationship as they race away from the police and the angry groom.

There's no word on a director yet, so we might be spared this one for a while...

UPDATE

AUG 28TH

For those who’ve wondered what happened to Page 2, it isn’t gone. The last couple weeks have just been so slow that there isn’t enough to fill up a Page 2 post. (It’s the end of the summer; expect news to pick up in a couple weeks as the festival season kicks in.) So in the meantime enjoy these casting notes roundups. Today we’ve got news of Robin Williams and Maggie Grace joining new projects, after the break.

First up, THR reports that Robin Williams will be part of a Touchstone romantic comedy called Wedding Banned, which I’m tempted to hate based on the title alone. There’s no director yet for the film, which was written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler. Film is about “a long-divorced couple who kidnap their daughter on her wedding day to prevent her from making the same mistakes they did. The divorced parents rekindle their relationship as they elude cops and the angry groom.”

And this is just after I got all hopeful for Robin Williams again after finally seeing the excellent Bobcat Goldthwait film World’s Greatest Dad. He’s so good in that, so reserved and ideal for the role. That one is available on demand right now, and opens in a few markets this weekend, with an expansion plan taking place over the next couple weeks. Please see it.

Enjoy.