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Exclusive: Fifth Season and Selena Gomez’s Wondermind have acquired the rights to Julianna Baggott’s high-concept short story Baggage Claim. They’ve set Yvonne Hana Yi (Mr & Mrs Smith) to write. The project marks the first scripted content to be produced by Wondermind, co-founded by Mandy Teefey and Selena Gomez. Creative development will be led by Wondermind’s Teefey, Gomez, and Jonathon Glucksman.

While the vehicle would seem a glove fit for Gomez after the acclaim she is drawing for Emilia Pérez, at this point she is limited to producing. Baggage Claim follows Bethany, a bored thirtysomething whose life is going nowhere. She’s stuck working in baggage claim, the musty basement where other people’s unhappy memories are stored after a costly procedure that promises them peace of mind. These memories are stored as smells in vials and can be reclaimed for up to thirty days. Bethany is a huffer,...

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Julianna Baggott and son Finneas Scott have sold their short story “Except You” to Fox Entertainment Studios, for development as a one-hour drama.

Maximum Effort’s Kevin Hill and Molly Milstein are leading the development effort and will exec produce the series alongside Baggott and Scott of Mildred’s Moving Picture Show.

Except You follows Erica, who can’t help but fall in love with everyone she meets. When her ambitious ex, an FBI agent who used Erica’s infatuations to get closer to criminals, goes rogue, she’ll have to help the Feds track down her ex, one mortifying crush at a time.

A prolific short story writer, Baggott previously collaborated with the Brooklyn-based Scott on “Backwards,” a short story that sold to Netflix in a six-way bidding war with Shawn Levy attached to direct. Baggott’s story “Welcome to Oxhead” is in development...

Lucy Hale's performance in Which Brings Me To You proves she could be the next big-name romantic comedy actress, taking on the girl-next-door charm Meg Ryan is known for. Hale infuses her character Jane with authenticity, making it easy to laugh along with her embarrassments and cry at her heartbreaks. Which Brings Me To You is just the most recent addition to Hale's streak of great romantic comedies, and she has another exciting rom-com project in the works.

Lucy Hale’s new movie Which Brings Me to You proves she’s the perfect replacement for one iconic 90s star. Adapted from the eponymous book by Julianna Baggott and Steve Almond, Which Brings Me To You tells the story of Will (Nat Wolff) and Jane (Lucy Hale), two people who meet at a wedding and try to hook up in the coatroom. After calling off sex, the pair agree to...

Following the success of their 2021 film The Hating Game, actor Lucy Hale and director Peter Hutchings are back in action with another uniquely romantic project that is now in theaters. Also starring Nat Wolff, Which Brings Me to You plays out almost entirely in real-time, a day in the life of two millennials who have been around the block when it comes to failed relationships. By chance, they meet at an East Coast wedding, and after a raunchy hookup in a coat closet goes sour, they end up connecting in unexpected ways after opening up to each other about their past lives in a sort of therapeutic way.

Hutchings has acted in movies and even written some, but here he's in the director's chair, bringing real-life personal experiences to the layered script. We recently caught up with him to learn more about his favorite movies and TV shows amid the current award season,...

Which Brings Me to You is a dialogue-heavy rom-com set in New York that tries to distinguish itself from other films in the genre. Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff give it their all, but their characters' checkered pasts and the supporting personas introduced in the film may not be enough to make it stand out. The film mixes emotional drama with comedic moments, but the film leaves viewers wanting more of a climactic explosion in the story.

In this digital age of pseudo-enlightenment, quirky rom-coms are abundant. Many of the films are based in Los Angeles, a sort of safe bet in the unofficial U.S. capital of entertainment. If they're not set in L.A., then they're, of course, set in New York. Which brings me to...

Which Brings Me to You, directed by Peter Hutchings (Can You Keep a Secret?), is based on an acclaimed novel of (almost...

Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff make a gorgeous pair in the witty modern rom-com, Which Brings Me to You, which is in theaters Jan. 19, 2024, from Decal. The full synopsis for the new film reads as follows:

"Two romantic messes. One boring wedding. One heated embrace in a quiet coatroom. This is not exactly the recipe for true love. Will and Jane’s encounter at a friend’s wedding isn’t really the beginning of anything with any weight to it; even they know that. When they manage to pull back, it occurs to them that they might start this whole thing over properly. They might try getting to know one another first.

What follows over the course of the day and night is a series of traded confessions — of their messy histories, their past errors, their big loves, their flaws, and their passions. Each love affair, confessed as honestly as possible,...

Are you in the mood for some pre-Valentine's Day, feel-good romance? Don't worry, we've got you covered. This January, the team behind book-to-big-screen favorite The Hating Game is back with another romantic comedy that promises to set hearts soaring across the nation. Based on the critically acclaimed 2006 novel by the authors Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott, Which Brings Me to You follows the story of two unlucky-in-love romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, who stumble into a chance encounter at a wedding. The pair share an immediate, electrifying connection and almost hook up in the wedding venue's coat closet. However, with the idea that their instant spark could be the "real thing" lurking at the back of their minds, they decide to slow it down and get to know each other instead. Jane and Will begin to swap their chaotic and hilarious tales of relationships past as they gradually grow closer.

The exploration of Will and Jane's failed romances is intriguing, but Which Brings Me to You is too flat for it to work. The candidness of the characters can be enjoyable, but it hasn't mastered the walk and talk style of other romances. Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff have no chemistry, and the film is tonally inconsistent.

In the opening line of Which Brings Me to You's synopsis, the characters are called "rambunctious" and their encounter in a coat closet is called a "heated embrace." Neither of these descriptors works for the film adaptation, which takes Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott's novel, dulls its edges, and cools down the heat. Starring Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff, the story is about a chance meeting that turns into a false stop relationship, which then becomes a romantic correspondence that reveals the heart of two romantic burnouts with messy and heartbreaking histories.

‘Which Brings Me To You” is a new live-action ‘rom-com’, directed by Peter Hutchings, based on the novel by Julianna Baggott and Steve Almond, starring Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff releasing January 19, 2024 in theaters:

‘…two romantic burnouts, ‘Jane’ and ‘Will’ are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding,

”After a disastrous hookup in the coatroom, the two spend the next 24 hours together, trading candid confessions of messy histories and heartbreak, on the off chance that this fling might be the real thing…”

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Decal Releasing has acquired “Which Brings Me to You,” a romantic comedy starring Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff. The movie is based on a novel by Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott. It is directed by Peter Hutchings, who previously helmed “The Hating Game.” Keith Bunin (“Onward”) wrote the script. The film will be released in theaters on Jan. 19.

The ensemble also includes Britne Oldford (“Free Guy”), Genevieve Angelson (“The Upside”), Alexander Hodge (“Insecure”) and John Gallagher, Jr. (“10 Cloverfield Lane”). Hale worked with Hutchings on “The Hating Game.” Her other credits include “Pretty Little Liars” and “Fantasy Island.” Wolff has appeared in “The Fault in Our Stars” and “Paper Towns.”

“We’re thrilled to work with such a talented production team. Lucy and Nat are a perfect duo and we can’t wait to start the New Year with this charming romantic comedy,” Ayo Kepher-Maat, Decal’s SVP of acquisitions,...

Bestselling author Julianna Baggott has signed with WME for representation, Variety has learned exclusively.

Baggott is the author of more than two dozen books to date, both under her own name as well as various pen names like Bridget Asher. She is also the head of the production company Mildred’s Moving Picture Show, with Finneas Scott serving as head of development. Scott is also a writer and assistant producer. The company has a wide-ranging slate of projects in the works across various companies and streamers at present, including Disney+, Netflix, Paramount, and Amblin.

The short story “Backwards,” which was written by Baggott in collaboration with Scott, was sold in a six-way bidding war to Netflix with Shawn Levy attached to direct. Elsewhere, her story “Welcome to Oxhead” is in development at Paramount TV with Jessica Biel attached to produce. Her horror story “Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit” is also in development...

Exclusive: John Gallagher Jr., Britne Oldford, Genevieve Angelson, and Alexander Hodge have joined Bcdf Pictures’ Which Brings Me To You.

They join previously announced cast members Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff. Peter Hutchings is directing the screenplay written by Keith Bunin, adapted from the acclaimed novel by Julianna Baggott and Steve Almond.

Which Brings Me To You tells the story of Jane (Hale), a freelance journalist, and Will (Wolff), a photographer, who are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After the pair sneak off to hook up in the coat room, all signs point to an empty one-night stand. Instead, over the next 24 hours, they share stories of their most embarrassing sexual encounters, first loves, heartbreak and whirlwind romances, discovering each other through hilarious and sometimes tragic tales. Gallagher will play Wallace, a celebrated but tortured writer and love interest of Jane.

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Nat Wolff is set to star opposite Lucy Hale in upcoming romantic comedy Which Brings Me to You.

The feature will reunite the Palo Alto, Paper Towns and The Kill Team actor with filmmaker Peter Hutchings (Can You Keep a Secret?, Then Came You), who directed their recent hit The Hating Game. Production is due to start in New York City and New Jersey on September 19th.

From a screenplay by Keith Bunin (Onward, Horns) adapted from the novel by Julianna Baggot and Steve Almond, Which Brings Me to You follows Jane (Hale), a freelance journalist, and Will (Wolf)), a photographer, who are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After the pair sneak off to hook up in the coat room, all signs point to an empty one-night stand. Instead, over the next 24 hours, they share stories of their most embarrassing sexual encounters,...

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Which Brings Me to You, the upcoming romantic comedy featuring Ragdoll and Truth or Dare star Lucy Hale, has closed multiple international deals following its pitch to global buyers at last month’s Cannes International Film Market.

Mister Smith Entertainment, which is handling world sales on the project, said Which Brings Me To You has pre-sold to Signature Entertainment for the U.K., Leonine for Germany, Snd for France, Ascot Elite for Switzerland and Rialto for Australia/New Zealand. Mister Smith is in negotiations for the remaining global territories.

Which Brings Me to You will see Hale re-team with her The Hating Game director Peter Hutchings, playing a freelance journalist who hooks up with a photographer at a mutual friend’s wedding. But when the pair sneak off to a coat room, instead of a quickie one-night stand, they spend the next 24 hours...

It will be directed by ‘The Hating Game’’s Peter Hutchings.

David Garrett’s UK-based Mister Smith Entertainment has acquired international rights to romantic comedy Which Brings Me To You, starring Lucy Hale and is introducing the project to buyers next week in Cannes.

The feature is in pre-production and will shoot this summer on the US east coast.

It will be directed by Peter Hutchings who also directed Hale in another romantic comedy The Hating Game which came out last year.

Which Brings Me To You sees Hale, best known for Pretty Little Liars, play a freelance journalist who...

The Hating Game star Lucy Hale is to reunite with director Peter Hutchings in rom-com Which Brings Me To You.

Mister Smith Entertainment will launch sales at Cannes Market next week on the pic, which will see Pretty Little Liars and Roadkill star Hale play Jane, a freelance journalist, who meets a photographer Will and is immediately drawn to him at a mutual friend’s wedding. After the pair sneak off to hook up in the coat room, all signs point to an empty one-night stand. Instead, over the next 24 hours, they share stories of their most embarrassing sexual encounters, first loves, heartbreak and whirlwind romances, discovering each other through heartwarming, hilarious and sometimes tragic tales.

The pic sees Hale and Hutchings reunite following last year’s The Hating Game for Hulu, which starred Hale and Austin Stowell as two executive assistants forced to work together when their publishing companies are merged.

“Pretty Little Liars” star Lucy Hale is set to reunite with “The Hating Game” director Peter Hutchings for romantic comedy “Which Brings Me to You.”

The film is an adaptation of Julianna Baggott and Steve Almond’s novel about a journalist and a photographer who, instead of a one-night stand, spend 24 hours sharing their romantic histories in the coat room at a friend’s wedding.

Hutchings will direct from a screenplay by Keith Bunin (“Onward”) with the film set to shoot this summer.

Hale will play Jane, a journalist, who finds herself ready to hook up with photographer Will during a wedding. But instead of doing the deed, “they share stories of their most embarrassing sexual encounters, first loves, heartbreak and whirlwind romances, discovering each other through heartwarming, hilarious and sometimes tragic tales,” reads the logline. “Can they let go of their pasts, overcome their fears and place their trust in one another,...

Exclusive: 20th Television has optioned Steve Almond’s forthcoming novel All the Secrets of the World to adapt as a television series. The Gotham Group, which is under a first-look deal at 20th, would produce, and Jon Feldman is attached as showrunner. 20th Television is the studio. A search is underway for a writer.

All the Secrets of the World is set to be published by Zando on April 19. The book, described as “a sweeping social novel,” opens in 1981 in Sacramento, where 13-year-old Lorena Saenz has just been paired with Jenny Stallworth for the science fair by a teacher hoping to unite two girls from starkly different worlds. The unlikely friendship they form will draw their families into a web of secrets and lies, one that sends Lorena on an unforgiving odyssey through the desert, past the gates of a religious cult in Mexico, and into the...

An author as widely read as Cheryl Strayed needs no introduction to our book-lovers, but it doesn't hurt to give one. She is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, the New York Times bestsellers Tiny Beautiful Things and Brave Enough, and the novel Torch. Readers and moviegoers alike will know Wild for its Oscar-nominated movie adaptation starring Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl and Laura Dern as Cheryl's mother, Bobbi, which follows Strayed as she explores the terrain of loss and self-acceptance on a solo, three-month, 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. An early favorite of Oprah Winfrey's, Strayed is also best known for her brand of radical empathy as advice-giver extraordinaire Sugar, which has seen her become the host of the New York Times hit podcast Sugar Calling as well as Dear Sugars, which she cohosted with Steve Almond.

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? The Tunnel Trailer Yes, it's like Rec. Get past that. What I like about this trailer is that it doesn't presuppose that "Gee, another movie where it's about 'found footage.

Steve Almond’s newest memoir concerns his life of rabid music enthusiasm, from teenage Styx fandom to covering music for newspapers in his 20s to his brief stint managing a Boston-area singer-songwriter to being repeatedly blown off by Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, whom he interviewed for Spin. The obvious predecessor for Rock And Roll Will Save Your Life is Almond’s entertaining 2004 book Candyfreak, in which he toured America’s local confectioners. But where that book’s road trip gave Candyfreak a coherent through-line on which to hang stories about his own obsession with sweets, Rock And Roll Will ...

The virtue of fanaticism In his new memoir, Steve Almond—author of Candyfreak and self-proclaimed “Df” (Drooling Fanatic)—gives a humorous, heartfelt look at what life is like for those of us hopelessly enraptured with rock ‘n’ roll. Not a new story, but he tells it well. As a young writer plagued by self-doubt, Almond reveled in the emotional escape of music; the joy of his fanaticism is conveyed poignantly—and so completely—that we’re infected with his touted salvation too....

Courtesy Steve Almond. As Elvis Costello (or maybe Frank Zappa, depending on who you believe) once quipped, writing about music is like dancing about architecture. This may be a fair comparison, but you’ll never find people who care so deeply about architecture who are also so crappy at dancing. The real problem with writing about music is that almost nobody can do it. We all love our favorite musicians with the passion and clear-sightedness of a Lester Bangs or a Chuck Klosterman, but very few of us are capable of explaining why without sounding like a four-year-old trying to describe why Yo Gabba Gabba is so awesome. That’s why Steve Almond’s new memoir, Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life—published by Random House and available for your reading pleasure next Tuesday—is such a breath of fresh air. Almond writes about the music he loves (and...

Adapted by Keith Bunin (a writer on television's In Treatment), this is based on Julianna Baggott and Steve Almond's novel which centers on a single man and single woman who meet at a wedding and begin a relationship in which they write letters describing past romances and missteps. - Susanne Bier might have to get another work visa abroad, as it will be highly unlikely that she'll be working on back to back Danish language projects. After working on some false starts post Things We Lost in the Fire, Bier who is currently filming Civilization a.k.a Hævnen (about Sudan’s refugee camps and in a little Danish provincial town) and might jump onto Which Brings Me to You next for Steve Golin and Richard Brown's Anonymous Content. Adapted by Keith Bunin (a writer on television's In Treatment), this is based on Julianna...