Miserable Scripts Love Company
Hollywood, it would seem, has caught spring fever. Both of these "Honeymoon with..." movies were logged today on Done Deal.
Title: Honeymoon With Harry
Log line: A man loses his fiancŽe two days before their wedding and must go on his honeymoon with his fiancee's father, who hates him, in order to scatter her ashes.
Writer: Bart Baker (author)
Agent: Mngr. Bob Sobhani at Zide/Perry Entertainment and atty. Mitch Smelkinson of Stone, Meyer, and Genow
Buyer: New Line Cinema
Price: Mid-six against low-seven figures
Genre: Drama-Comedy
Logged: 4/6/04
More: Unpublished first novel. Karz Entertainment's Mike Karz will produce. Karz's Russell Hollander will executive produce.
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Title: Honeymoon With My Brother
Log Line: In the course of a month, a man is demoted from his executive job and dumped by his fiancee days before they are to walk down the aisle. He decides to hold the wedding anyway, followed by a honeymoon with his estranged brother, Kurt. The two men end up on a two-year adventure that takes them around the world.
Writer: Kevin Bisch
Agent: ICM
Buyer: Sony Pictures
Price: High six against low seven-figure
Genre: Comedy Adventure
Logged: 4/6/04
More: To be adapted from Franz Wisner's upcoming memoir. Gold/Miller's Eric Gold and Jimmy Miller to produce. Gold/Miller manager Julie Darmody brought the property to the company.
Truly, love is in the air.