VIDEO : Amanda Seyfried, Shirley MacLaine Star in ?The Last Word?

Amanda Seyfried and Shirley MacLaine have boarded comedy-drama ?The Last Word,? with Mark Pellington directing. Myriad Pictures announced Saturday at the Toronto Film Festival that it will finance and handle international sales. MacLaine plays a retired successful businesswoman who wants to control everything around her until the bitter end. She decides to write her own obituary to make sure her life story is told her way. Seyfried will portray a young writer at the local newspaper assigned to the task who insists on finding out the truth ? resulting in a reawakening of passions for MacLaine?s character.Pellington said the story reveals where independent women get their power from and is a life affirming film.