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Sean Anders, 'Instant Family' writer and director, talks about adopting three siblings and fostering teens. The movie stars Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne.
Inspired by the real-life adoption journey of the writer and director Sean Anders, the movie Instant Family takes a comedic and heartwarming look at the world of foster care and adoption. It all started with an off-hand comment. Anders and his wife Beth had discussed having children for years.
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Nov 13, 2018 · Sean Anders has always found sweetness in gross-out comedy, but he tells IndieWire that his new fact-based adoption dramedy is the film he was meant to make. By Kate Erbland. November 13,...
Nov 6, 2018 · Based on his personal experience fostering and then adopting his children, Anders wrote and directed the movie “Instant Family,” a film about a married couple (played by Mark Wahlberg and Rose...
Nov 15, 2018 · In an interview with RogerEbert.com, Anders spoke about making this different from other adoption films, and about the girl he did not get to adopt who inspired one of the film’s most important characters.
Nov 16, 2018 · The story is based on director and co-writer Sean Anders’ own experience of adopting three siblings. “The movie is obviously very important to me because it’s not only my own journey, but it’s also inspired by a lot of stories of real adoptive families that I met along the way,” he said.
The film was inspired by Anders' own experiences fostering and then adopting three siblings. The children were aged 6 years, 3 years, and 18 months. Anders talked to other adoptive families and teenagers who had grown up in care and then been adopted in order to research the character of Lizzie.
