Wednesday, February 13, 2013

America’s New Sweetheart’s Big Plan

Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy is large and in charge and here to stay.

Thank goodness.

The Bridesmaids scene-stealer and Emmy-winning star of TV’s Mike & Molly announced last week that she has not one, not two, but three new projects in the works under the production shingle she has launched with her actor-husband Ben Falcone, a.k.a. the man she hilariously accosted during the plane scene in Bridesmaids.

The couple is writing the secretive Michelle Darnell, in which they’ll co-star. And working on Cousin Irv from Mars, which is based on an upcoming book. And on the longly titled Just Do It: How One Couple Turned Off the TV and Turned On Their Sex Lives for 101 Days (No Excuses!), which is based on a memoir by some dude named Douglas Brown.

Busy girl. I likey.

Oh, and on top of everything, she is looking to co-direct her long-gestating raunchy comedy Tammy herself. The Help director Tate Taylor and TV helmer Beth McCarthy reportedly were previously eyed for the gig.

McCarthy is currently in theaters in the comedy Identity Thief opposite Jason Bateman.

Photo: Celebspin.com.

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