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EXCLUSIVE: Disney has acquired In Real Life, a caller drama spec from writers Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, pinch Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald, nan creators of nan deed Netflix bid Cobra Kai, aboard to nutrient via their Counterbalance banner.
Reps for nan workplace declined comment. Sources picture nan task arsenic falling location betwixt a high-concept modern rom-com and a female buddy comedy. Specifics arsenic to its crippled are nether wraps. Dina Hillier will exec nutrient for Counterbalance, whose Julia Virtue will co-produce.
Scribes Yuspa and Goldsmith are known for penning nan original 13 Going connected 30, an enduringly celebrated rom-com starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo that has a sequel coming together astatine Netflix. They besides wrote What Women Want, starring Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson, which remains 1 of nan highest-grossing romanticist comedies of each clip astatine a worldwide gross exceeding $374M.
More recently, nan duo wrote nan book for 13 Going connected 30: The Musical, which premiered successful nan UK and is eyeing a West End run. In television, they’ve antecedently served arsenic co-creators and showrunners connected Disney+’s The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers and arsenic showrunners connected nan long-running CBS bid The King of Queens. They are represented by CAA and Hansen, Jacobson.
Counterbalance’s Hurwitz, Schlossberg, and Heald are champion known for creating Cobra Kai, a Karate Kid sequel bid that originated connected YouTube earlier breaking retired arsenic a six-season Netflix deed pinch 11 Emmy nominations. Hurwitz and Schlossberg are besides known for their activity connected New Line’s Harold & Kumar franchise, arsenic good arsenic deed comedies Blockers and American Reunion, while Heald penned nan Hot Tub Time Machine franchise for MGM.
Most recently, Counterbalance produced 72 Hours, an upcoming bachelor statement drama for Netflix directed by Tim Story and starring Kevin Hart. The 3 principals are besides writing, producing and directing a reimagining of Knight Rider for Universal Pictures, arsenic good arsenic a caller installment of Harold & Kumar for New Line.
Hurwitz, Schlossberg, and Heald are each pinch CAA. Hurwitz and Schlossberg are besides repped by Hansen Jacobson; Heald by Behr Abramson.
