Michael De Luca - the man who held the purse strings for Zathura and the upcoming Nic Cage leather-clad comic adap Ghost Rider - is developing an adaptation of The Game: Undercover In The Secret Society Of Pick-Up Artists.
The novel by Neil Strauss pulls back the curtain on the bizarre underworld of fellas whose lives revolve around the science of picking up women. Columbia have roped in About A Boy scribbler Chris Weisz to pen the screenplay.
Led by love guru Mystery, the collection of Casanovas have their own language – an AFC (average frustrated chump) will struggle to entice an HB (hot babe) if he doesn’t stick to the mantra FMAC (find, meet, attract, close).
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So, is it Swingers for the new millennium or just a POC? (Pile of…you get the idea).
New Line has snaffled up a pitch called All Boxed Up, a comedy about a retired couple who decide to sell the family home. To add to the hilarity, the wrinklies invite the whole family over for a weekend to help them pack.
From an idea by Ross Venokur - the man behind upcoming comedy-animation Space Chimps and a co-writer on Ben Stiller rib-tickler Night At The Museum - the flick is being put together by Just Friends producers JC Spink and Chris Bender.
As always, keep it here for any casting updates…
