Oscar winner and Black Reel Award nominee, Halle Berry’s latest action comedy, Mother, has been picked up by Universal Pictures, returning the award-winning actress back to the big screen.
The film centers on a young bride (Berry) who is engaged to be married, until she discovers her soon-to-be husband is in the mob. She bolts the wedding, leaving the mobster at the altar, and goes undercover as a young man’s Mom. A party girl and prone to trouble, her wild ways begin to reveal her true identity at every turn.
Directed by Pablo Fenjves (Man on a Ledge), who will also write the screenplay,
Berry is also attached to produce Mother alongside her 606 Films Production partner Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas.
In addition, Relativity Studios will release Berry’s heart-stopping action thriller, Kidnap on October 9th. Berry will also return for the 2nd season of the CBS summer event series Extant.