scrapping for small pieces of the pie

Jonathan Ames's The Extra Man will be made into a film with Kevin Kline and John C. Reilly.

"This is a film for our times, these hilarious characters living on the edge of enormous wealth, scrapping for small pieces of the pie," Bregman said. "I suspect a lot of people will be able to identify nowadays."

(Isn't there something off about The Nanny Diaries and American Splendor being directed by the same people?)