The COVID-19 pandemic has put a damper on basically everything in the entertainment industry, but the small sparks of joy available in its midst are worth celebrating—especially when they involve one of the Coen brothers’ funniest films. Continuing a year-long trend of star-studded table reads, the Pandemic Players (a troupe of creatives looking to bring some levity to the lockdown) are putting on Joel and Ethan Coen’s Raising Arizona with Zachary Levi and Alison Pill in the lead roles.
Levi, who participated in a Chuck table read in April, will take on Nicolas Cage’s H.I. McDunnough while Pill, who did an anniversary read of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World in July, will play Ed. The pair (which are already inspired casting) will be joined by supporters including Dean Norris, Clancy Brown, Macon Blair, Ross Partridge, Sarah Clarke, Jeff Dowd, Leila Almas Rose, Jaime Zevallos, and Jordana Brewster. It’s hard to believe Norris, Brown, and Blair weren’t already in Raising Arizona to begin with, honestly.