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EXCLUSIVE: Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) is group to nutrient rom-com characteristic Best Men astir a romantically challenged “man of honour” who falls for nan groom’s charming champion man.
Jenkins is processing nan task pinch filmmaker Jason Crain who will nonstop nan the adjustment of Sidney Karger’s script, adapted from his debut novel.
Published successful May 2023 by Berkley, nan cheery emotion communicative “follows romantically challenged Max Moody, who is asked by his puerility champion friend Paige to service arsenic her “man of honor” astatine her wedding, only to beryllium paired pinch nan groom’s impossibly charming champion man, Chasten. What originates arsenic competitory misery soon gives measurement to unexpected chemistry, transforming nan wedding Max has been dreading into nan romance he ne'er saw coming.”
Jenkins, nan first female to helm a awesome superhero film, is producing done her banner Wicious Pictures.
After reference nan novel, Jenkins enlisted Crain — an subordinate shaper connected Wonder Woman 1984 and caput of movie astatine Wicious — to make his characteristic directing debut connected nan project. CAA’s talent and indie finance divisions are helping steer nan task pinch casting discussions underway.
Karger’s 2nd novel, The Bump (Berkley), is besides successful improvement arsenic a feature. His 3rd caller was precocious acquired by Berkley. Karger’s original screenplay Fantasy Camp sold successful a competitory bidding business to STX and had Jennifer Garner attached to star. He besides has a Barry Manilow biopic among his projects successful development.
Crain started retired astatine New Line and later worked connected HBO’s Entourage earlier directing an LA revival of play The Boys successful nan Band. He is besides processing features How Soon Is Now and Born Between.
“Jason has nan cleanable sensibility for this film,” said Jenkins. “He understands nan comedy, romance, and affectional truth woven passim this fun, original story.”
Crain commented: “Best Men is rooted successful authentic relationship — successful those messy, funny, susceptible ways group yearn for emotion and belonging. I’m thrilled to build connected nan book’s elements of astonishment and delight successful a cinematic acquisition that you whitethorn not expect from a rom-com. That is what makes this communicative consciousness truthful live and unique: it is emotionally honest, wildly entertaining, and built to link pinch world audiences.”
Karger added: “Patty Jenkins is simply a unit of quality who creates magic. In each of her work, she finds nan humanity successful characters looking for emotion and meaning. Patty and Jason’s enthusiasm for this task is simply a dream, and together they person nan imagination to bring nan communicative to life.”
Jenkins was attached to nonstop aggregate workplace blockbusters aft Wonder Woman, including Star Wars task Rogue Squadron, but Best Men marks her first announced producing aliases directing attachment successful nan past mates of years. In 2023 she was a shaper connected Chris Pine’s directorial debut Poolman.
Jenkins is represented by CAA and Gang, Tyre, Ramer. Karger is repped for movie and TV by Lit Entertainment Group and for publishing by Writers House.
