Jack Black is in talks to join Shirley MacLaine, Jacki Weaver and Alan Arkin on Howard Deutch comedy shopped by Stealth Media in Cannes.

Jack Black is in talks to join comedy Wild Oats starring Shirley MacLaine, Jacki Weaver and Alan Arkin.

Howard Deutch directs from a script by Gary Kanew and Claudia Myers. Producers are Blythe Frank, Agathe David-Weill and Alexander Tabrizi, with Michael Mailer executive producing.

The comedy caper about two fugitives forced to outwit a trio of conmen and the law is scheduled to get underway in mid-July.

Stealth Media is shopping in Cannes. Dimension has US rights.