Based on the Kevin Wilson novel, the film features a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire.
Plunkett has been cast in the role of Camille, the family matriarch, opposite Christopher Walken as her husband with Bateman and Nicole Kidman starring as her "Fang" children.
Producers are Bill Block, Daniel Crown and Caroline Jaczko.
The film began shooting in New York this week.