Morgan named to cast of upcoming Will Ferrell, Reese Witherspoon movie
The career of comedian Leanne Morgan – a former Grainger County resident – continues to sky rocket.
Morgan’s massive nationwide tour continues to sell out venues across the country, her first Netfilix hour-long special debuted last month and Monday, Deadline reported that she’s been added to the cast of ‘You’re Cordially Invited” starring Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon.
“I can’t believe this,” she said on Twitter. “I’m so excited to share this with you all.”
“In the pic, a woman (Witherspoon) who is planning her sister’s (Meredith Hagner) perfect wedding and the father (Ferrell) of a young bride-to-be (Geraldine Viswanathan) discover that they are double-booked for their destination wedding at a remote resort on an island off the Georgia coast. When both parties decide to share the small venue, chaos ensues and disaster awaits,” Deadline reports.
The film is directed by Nicholas Stoller, whose other credits include Neighbors, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Bros.
Morgan – whose special I’m Every Woman was listed as Top Ten on Netflix – also has her first book scheduled to debut next year.
In an interview with the Citizen Tribune in March, Morgan was Asked what she’d say to her fans in East Tennessee where she got her start, Morgan said she wouldn’t have the career she has today if it wasn’t for the people of East Tennessee.
“Tell everybody in East Tennessee that they have kept me in this,” she said. “When nobody else cared people in East Tennessee always supported me. They have kept me going. I appreciate it and receive and give them all the credit.”

