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Brace yourself for another romantic comedy about a woman whose cynical approach to love is deemed unacceptable, and so must change. This time, it will be titled The Competition, and will star Golden Globe nominee Thora Birch (Ghost World), with Harvey Lowry (A Play On Words) in the director’s chair. The possible saving grace for this one is that Birch is also on board as producer, along with Jasmine Fontes, and Kelsey Tucker – who wrote the script.

So, what is the groundbreaking plot of this independent movie? Well, a woman finds blogging success in the promotion of a theory that recommends her female readers should end their relationships after six months, in order to “avoid heartache.” She cannot be allowed to continue pedalling such a chilly social attitude, however, and so an attorney challenges her to a competition designed to disprove her troublesome theory.

Director Harvey Lowry expressed his...

Bloodline‘s Enrique Murciano has joined Sony Pictures’ Rock That Body, the R-rated comedy about a bachelorette party in Miami that goes wrong and a male stripper ends up dead. Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer and Zoe Kravitz star with Demi Moore, Ty Burrell, Dean Winters and Colton Haynes. The pic has a June 23 release date with Lucia Aniello direcing a script she co-wrote with Paul W. Downs. Murciano, who currently has roles on Starz’s Power and SundanceTV’s Hap and Leonard, also has New Line’s Will Smith starrer Collateral Beauty coming out this year and just wrapped shooting the TNT pilot Civil. He is repped by Gersh and Justin Grey Stone at Management 360.

American Pie alum Chris Klein has been cast in Harvey Lowry’s The Competition, starring Thora Birch, who is also producing. Currently in preproduction, the film focuses on a successful...