Jackman, Silverstone taste Garner's "Butter"

By Siewaun
Reference: Variety

Hugh Jackman and Alicia Silverstone have joined Jennifer Garner's starrer comedy feature "Butter," along with Ashley Greene and Yara Shahidi.

The movie, a co-production of Jennifer Garner's Vandalia Films, Michael De Luca ("The Love Guru," "Brothers") and The Weinstein Co., was written by Jason Micallef, and will be directed by Jim Fields Smith "She's Out of My League."

Jackman will be playing an old boyfriend of Garner's character, Silverstone plays the adoptive mother of the teen girl played by Shahidi, Ashley Greene plays the step-daughter of Garner's character.

Movie is about an 12-year-old adopted girl (Shahidi) who discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman (Garner) in their town's annual butter-sculpting contest.

Shooting is scheduled to begin in Louisiana later this month.