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Pete Davidson and Ella Purnell to Lead Cosmic Rom-Com That Time We Met

WME Independent will launch sales at AFM under director Nick Lieberman from a Mitchell Winkie script.

Overview

  • The high-concept story centers on a couple who learn their unborn child is destined to save humanity after a disastrous first date.
  • The film is in development, with WME Independent handling worldwide sales and taking the package to the American Film Market.
  • Nick Lieberman makes his sophomore feature after Theater Camp, directing from a screenplay by Mitchell Winkie.
  • Producers are Matt Jackson and Joanne Lee for Jackson Pictures, Marc Platt with Adam Siegel and Katie McNicol for Marc Platt Productions, and Ford Corbett and Nathan Klingher for Gramercy Park Media, with Joshua Harris and Mark Fasano as executive producers.
  • No release timing has been announced, and the leads’ current slates include Davidson’s How to Rob a Bank and Purnell’s upcoming Fallout season 2.