Robin Williams To Star In 'The Big White'

Robin Williams is to start in Artisan Pictures' comedy The Big White, according to the Hollywood Reporter

The project, to be directed by British helmer Mike Mylod, is looking for a production/distribution partner, with no start date currently set.

The movie, written by Collin Friesen, is set in Alaska and follows a hapless travel agent whose wife suffers from psychosomatic Tourette's syndrome. Convinced that a warmer climate might cure her ailment, he hatches a scheme to cash in on a million-dollar life insurance policy by stealing a corpse and pretending that it is his long-missing brother.