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It's 'Spring' time for Par
Peters to develop 'Jane'
By DAVE MCNARY
Paramount Pictures has acquired feature rights to Sharon Krum's novel "The Thing About Jane Spring" for producer Christine Peters' CFP Prods. to develop.
The romantic comedy, published by Viking, centers on a career woman raised by a widowed general without a female role model. An assertive prosecutor who's unlucky at love, she learns, through watching a film marathon featuring Hollywood's leading ladies, how to use her femininity to get her way.
Fox optioned Krum's first novel "Walk of Fame" several years ago.
CFP Prods. prexy Bradford W. Smith will supervise development with creative exec Petersen Harris. Marc Evans will oversee for the studio. Peters is developing the project about self-empowerment as well as a commentary on misconceptions and expectations in the dating world.
CFP is developing sequel to Peters' "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days""How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days" called "How to Tell He's Not the One in 10 Days"; two projects with Midway Video Games, "Area 51" and John Singleton's "Fear and Respect"; and "Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief."
Date in print: Tue., Oct. 25, 2005, Los Angeles
Oct. 25, 2005
'Spring' here early for CFP, Paramount
By Tatiana Siegel
Paramount Pictures has acquired film rights to Sharon Krum's novel "The Thing About Jane Spring" for producer Christine Peters' CFP Prods. to develop.
The novel, published in July by Viking, is a romantic comedy that centers on a woman who was raised by a widowed four-star general father and has grown up to be a ball-breaking prosecutor for the district attorney's office in New York.
"This story is a classic romantic comedy about self-empowerment as well as a devilish commentary on the current state of misconceptions and expectations in the dating world," Peters said.
CFP Prods. president Bradford W. Smith will supervise development with creative executive Petersen Harris. Paramount's Marc Evans and Anson Avellar will oversee for the studio.
Peters produced Paramount's hit romantic comedy "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, which also was optioned as a book. CFP Prods. is developing the sequel, "How to Tell He's Not the One in 10 Days." The shingle also is developing two projects that have come from its deal with Midway Video Games: "Area 51" and "Fear & Respect."
Krum, who also wrote the novel "Walk of Fame," is repped by Barbara Zitwer.
