Kathy Bates has come aboard the romantic drama Personal Effects. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Michelle Pfeiffer and Aston Kutcher will headline the film.

The plot revolves around a man that is seeking revenge for the murder of his sister. When he arrives in the town of her death, he falls for an older woman. He later learns that she has also lost someone very close to her.

Bates is set to play Kutcher's mother. Shooting is scheduled to start this month in Vancouver.