Kate Hudson and Anna Kendrick Join Zach Braff's WISH I WAS HERE

Zach Braff's Kickstarter film project Wish I Was Here is moving full steam ahead, and Kate Hudson has been cast as the female lead. Hudson's career took off when she played Penny in Almost Famous. After that breakout role, she started making a bunch of crappy rom-coms, and a few other films that ended up not being so good. In my opinion, she hasn't made a decent film since Almost Famous. Maybe that will change with this one. I know she's a talented actress. She just doesn't seem to pick the best projects. Anna Kendrick has also been cast in the film.

The story follows Aidan Bloom (Braff), "a struggling actor, father and husband who is still trying to find his identity and purpose at age 35." According to the report, "Hudson will play Braff's wife and the mother of his two children."

The film also stars Mandy Patinkin as Braff's father, Josh Gad as his brother, as well as Jim Parsons and Donald Faison. 

Regardless of the controversy surrounding Braff's use of Kickstarter to fund this movie, I love what he did with Garden State, and I'm looking forward to seeing his next movie.