Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader reunite for the film 'The Skeleton Twins'
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
鈥�Saturday Night Live鈥� stars Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader are reuniting for the upcoming film 鈥淭he Skeleton Twins,鈥� which follows siblings who get to know one another again after a long time apart.
In the movie, Milo (Hader) goes to live with his sister Maggie (Wiig) and Maggie鈥檚 husband Lance (Luke Wilson) after a long estrangement between the brother and sister. The film also stars 鈥淢odern Family鈥� actor Ty Burrell and Joanna Gleason of 鈥淏lue Bloods.鈥�
Wiig and Hader joined 鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥� in 2005, with Wiig departing in 2012. Hader left the show in 2013.聽
Wiig recently lent her voice to this summer's movie "How to Train Your Dragon 2" and starred in the IFC miniseries "The Spoils of Babylon," for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. She also recently聽starred in the 2013 film 鈥淎nchorman 2: The Legend Continues."聽Meanwhile, Hader recently appeared in this summer's film "22 Jump Street" and has guest-starred on the Fox series "Bob's Burgers" and "The Mindy Project." Away from "SNL," audiences may remember them most together as a married couple in the 2009 movie "Adventureland."
Wiig recently spoke with about being only thought of as a comedian from 鈥淪aturday Night Live.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 not necessarily a bad thing,鈥� she said of being put in a comedy niche. 鈥淵ou have to have some sort of context for a person to register in your brain, and I was introduced to the world as a cast member of 'SNL.' But I鈥檝e always wanted to do dramatic stuff, to write and direct, do a lot of different things. Comedy is where my heart lies, but there鈥檚 also something really satisfying about being able to step away with a small crew, become a character and get to know her for a few months at a time.鈥澛�
When it debuted at various festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival, 鈥淪keleton鈥� received mostly positive reviews, with critic Geoff Berkshire writing that 鈥渢he biggest surprise for audiences expecting plenty of laughs will be just how effectively both thesps handle the weightier dramatic material in the screenplay鈥� 鈥楾he Skeleton Twins鈥� captures the way siblings develop their own unique comedic shorthands in a way few films ever have.鈥� David Rooney of said the film is 鈥渨arm, funny, heartfelt and even uplifting. The film is led by revelatory performances from聽Bill Hader聽and聽Kristen Wiig, both of them exploring rewarding new dramatic range without neglecting their mad comedic skills.鈥澛�
鈥淭he Skeleton Twins鈥� hits theaters on Sept. 19.
