A handful of the most anticipated films in the upcoming Toronto Film Festival lineup, like Steve McQueen's Michael Fassbender reunion Shame and Sarah Polley's Take This Waltz, don't yet have distributors in the United States, though of course we can expect that to change once they have their festival premieres. But one of the smallest films at this year's festival is actually going to be coming from the biggest studio in Hollywood-- Jeff Who Lives At Home. It's the new comedy starring Jason Segel and Ed Helms from the Duplass Brothers, who previously made indies like Baghead and The Puffy Chair for virtually no money, and whose last film Cyrus came from Fox Searchlight.

This time around they're teaming up with Paramount-- technically it's Paramount Vantage that will be releasing Jeff Who Lives At Home on March 2 next year, according to Deadline, but since that specialty arm of the studio doesn't really exist anymore I think it's fair to call this a studio picture. That spring release date sets Jeff apart from all the Oscar hopefuls who will premiere at Toronto and then rush into theaters in the following months, but I think we all knew all along that this isn't really Oscar's kind of movie. I mean, take a look at the synopsis provided by TIFF:

Jeff, Who Lives at Home stars Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer and Susan Sarandon. Penned by the writer/director team of brothers Jay and Mark Duplass (Cyrus), this is the story of one man searching for the meaning of life while running to the store to buy wood glue. Using the universe as his guide, Jeff looks for signs to help determine his path. However, a series of comedic and unexpected events leads him to cross paths with his family in the strangest of locations and circumstances. Jeff just may find the meaning of his life... and if he's lucky, pick up the wood glue as well.

When the film first went into production we had a few more details on the plot, such as the fact that Segel and Helms are playing brothers, Segel as the slacker who lives at home with their mom (Susan Sarandon) and Helms the overbearing type-A guy. Apparently there's a whole lot of other stuff going on, including wood glue, that I can't wait to find out about. Jeff Who Lives At Home is going to wind up as one of those festival movies that I write about months and months before anyone else can see it-- and yes, I know that's irritating-- but it's worth it for a release date that seems perfectly suited to it.