Cast for Tina Fey's Taliban Shuffle adaptation grows

Christopher Abbott has joined the cast of Tina Fey's upcoming adaptation of The Taliban Shuffle, a memoir by war correspondent Kim Barker detailing her experiences and difficulties as an American woman in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Fey will produce and star in the adaptation. Though it doesn't sound like standard comedic fare for the ever-hilarious actress, Barker's account assumes a darkly comic tone in describing the occasional absurdity of her circumstances and experiences abroad, balancing it with seriousness and severity.

Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The World's End) also star. We're a ways off from a release on this one but it's definitely a project to keep on the radar.