Sam Hargrave to Direct Sony’s It Had To Be You

Overview

• Sony Pictures and Platinum Dunes tapped Sam Hargrave on Monday to helm and produce It Had To Be You, an action romance in development at the studio.
• Eliza Jane Brazier wrote the screenplay based on her own novel and serves as an executive producer on the film.
• The story centers on two contract killers with hits on each other who struggle with a growing attraction as they clash across Western Europe.
• Cameron Fuller of Platinum Dunes, who assembled and sold the spec to Sony last year, produces alongside Hargrave, and the studio is now expected to pursue high-profile stars.
• No casting or production dates are set yet, and Hargrave’s current slate—including Apple/Skydance’s Matchbox: The Movie and a newly announced Extraction 3—will shape scheduling.