New Line, Hello Sunshine Land Curtis Sittenfeld ‘Romantic Comedy’ Novel; ‘Dollface’ Creator Jordan Weiss Scripting With Dan Brier

EXCLUSIVE: New Line Cinema and Hello Sunshine have teamed on an acquisition of the Curtis Sittenfeld novel Romantic Comedy. 

The film centers on a comedy writer who thinks she’s sworn off love until a dreamy musician flips the script on all her assumptions.

Jordan Weiss and Dan Brier are adapting the book, which spent four weeks on the NY Times Bestseller List and was also Reese’s Book Club Pick in April 2023. Weiss and Brier most recently wrote the upcoming New Line feature Sweethearts, which was also Weiss’ directorial debut. Weiss is also known for creating the Hulu series Dollface.

Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter are producing for Hello Sunshine (a Candle Media company), with Ashley Strumwasser serving as executive producer. Curtis Sittenfeld will also be executive producer

Nikki Ramey and Paulina Sussman are overseeing for New Line Cinema. 

Jordan Weiss is represented by UTA and Mosaic. Brier is repped by WME, Adventure Media and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis. Hello Sunshine is repped by CAA and attorney Gretchen Rush of Hansen, Jacobsen, and Sittenfeld is repped  by WME.