AGC Studios and Monarch Media will co-finance and produce the Los Angeles-set contemporary comedy drama Babies with producer Lylas Pictures. Anna Kendrick and Seth Rogen are in negotiations to star.

Lauren Miller Rogen will direct from her original screenplay about a couple debating whether to become parents who essentially do so overnight when their newly-divorced friend moves into their home with her three-year-old.

Production is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles in November. AGC and CAA Media Finance jointly represent worldwide rights and AGC will kick off talks with international buyers in TIFF next week.

Lylas Pictures’ Lauren Miller Rogen and Jen W. Ray, AGC’s Ford, and Monarch’s Barnett will produce, alongside an executive producer roster of AGC’s Miguel A. Palos, Jr. and Z

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