EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Buteau ( Babes ) and Zooey Deschanel ( 500 Days of Summer ) have inked deals to star in Heather of the Valley , an indie comedy that award-winner Sheri Elwood ( Tulsa King ) will direct from an original script by Kate Spurgeon ( American Dad! ).

In the film, slated for a Spring 2026 production start in Scotland, Buteau plays a burned-out suburban mom who has given up on everything except sarcasm and Diet Coke, with Deschanel as an awkward force of relentless optimism. These former high school classmates have nothing in common, except their shared obsession of the hit TV show, Scotlander . A twist of fate catapults them from the San Fernando Valley back in time to a hilariously gritty, historically accurate version of 18th-century Scotland. And what

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