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Jennifer Love Hewitt, Joel David Moore, Ivan Sergei Set for Jewtopia Movie

Complete casting has been announced for the film version of Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson’s hit play Jewtopia, according to a report in Variety. Fogel is directing the project.

Fogel and Wolfson have adapted their script for the movie, which centers on a gentile plumber who pretends to be a Jewish doctor to land a Jewish girlfriend, whom he hopes will make all of his decisions for him.

In addition to previously announced stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ivan Sergei, the film will star Joel David Moore, Tom Arnold, Jon Lovitz, Nicollette Sheridan, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Rita Wilson, Wendie Malick, Camryn Manheim, Peter Stormare, Lin Shaye, Christine Lakin, Hayes MacArthur, Bree Turner, and Phil Rosenthal.


The play Jewtopia was first seen in Los Angeles in 2003. It subsequently played off-Broadway, running for two and a half years at the Westside Theatre.