# Jay Roach Producing Female-Driven Ensemble Comedy For New Line From ‘Fockers’ Collaborator Larry Stuckey & Joanna Leeds

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/jay-roach-producing-female-driven-ensemble-comedy-for-new-line-from-fockers-collaborator-larry-stuckey-joanna-leeds/
- Published: 2026-10-29T17:33:37+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T18:35:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/jay-roach-new-line-comedy-larry-stuckey-joanna-leeds-1237207882/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Jay Roach and Michelle Graham will produce a New Line comedy.
- Larry Stuckey and Joanna Leeds are adapting the screenplay.
- The film’s title, plot and cast remain undisclosed.

## Summary

Jay Roach and producer Michelle Graham are developing a female-driven ensemble comedy for New Line. The project brings Roach back to the studio behind his Austin Powers trilogy and reunites him with Larry Stuckey, a former Roach development executive who worked on the Fockers films.

The film’s title and plot have not been disclosed. Stuckey and Joanna Leeds are adapting a screenplay from a story they devised with Leeds’s brother, Andrew; no release date or cast has been announced. Roach’s recent work includes directing The Roses and producing the next Fockers film, due out on 25 November.

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