ComingSoon.net has learned that Fox Searchlight Pictures has picked up the late Adrienne Shelly's "Waitress" for distribution. Shelly wrote, directed and starred in the film. She was discovered murdered in her Manhattan apartment in November of 2006.
In the film, Keri Russell plays Jenna, a poor southern woman stuck in a bad marriage to her jealous jerk of a husband, Earl (Jeremy Sisto). Jenna works at Joe's Pie Diner, where every day she creates amazing pies that she titles after whatever's going on in her life. One day, she discovers she is pregnant and makes "I Don't Want Earl's Baby" pie. Jenna dreams of running away, but she is trapped inside her miserable life by poverty and her inability to access her own personal strength. Then she meets Dr. Pomatter, the handsome new gynecologist in town. When a friend encourages her to write a letter to her unwanted baby, an unexpected love story develops that changes Jenna's life.
The film also stars Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Andy Griffith, Eddie Jemison and Lew Temple.
