The Estate - What We Know So Far

"The Estate" follows sisters Macey (Toni Collette) and Savanna (Anna Faris), who descend on their terminally ill aunt's estate in a quest to repair their troubled relationship and earn their inheritance. The reason they want the inheritance? To save their café, which is struggling financially. However, when they arrive, they are greeted by their cousins Beatrice (yet to be cast) and Richard (Thomas Haden Church) who have also arrived to collect the inheritance, but with much more nefarious plans in mind.

Right off the bat, "The Estate" has a classic farce formula at the core of its story. Moreover, it also seems to share quite a bit of creative DNA with another recent farce starring Collette: Rian Johnson's 2019 mystery film "Knives Out." Like "Knives Out," there is a central hook of relatives fighting each other over the inheritance of an estate and the antics that ensue as people get more and more desperate. However, unlike "Knives Out," there doesn't appear to be a major "whodunnit" mystery at the core of "The Estate," leaving the door open for more raw comedy at the core of the narrative.