Amy Schumer Joins PTSD Drama 'Thank You For Your Service' With Miles Teller
There comes a point in every popular comic actor's life when they give a straight dramatic role a shot, and it seems that time is arriving for the ascending Amy Schumer.
Deadline reports that the actress is joining the PTSD drama, "Thank You For Your Service" starring Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Joe Cole, Beulah Koale, Scott Haze, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Brad Beyer, Omar Dorsey and Jayson Warner Smith. Initially eyed by Steven Spielberg, the project will now mark the directorial debut of "American Sniper" screenwriter Jason Hall. Based on the book by David Finkel, the story follows three U.S. soldiers who struggle to adapt to home life after serving in Iraq. Here's the book synopsis:
No journalist has reckoned with the psychology of war as intimately as David Finkel. In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel embedded with the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous...