Its rare to read something that feels like real life, in all the best ways.
.. funny, painful, cathartic and lasting.
A throwback to the movies we grew up on with a modern sensibility.

(L-R) Will Speck and Josh Gordon, and Nicole HolofcenerBrian Kaminsk/UTA
This is a story we cant wait to tell, said Speck and Gordon.
Shary Shirazi and Kelseigh Coombs are overseeing the project for TriStar.
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Nicole is the perfect partner to adapt this incredible novel.

Henry Holt & Co. will publish the novel in July.
Gordon and Speck most recently directed Sonys live-action musical adaptation of the childrens bookLyle, Lyle, Crocodile.
Holofcener has written and directed seven films includingFriends With Money,Enough Saidand most recentlyYou Hurt My Feelings.
She has directed on numerous TV shows includingMrs.
In nonfiction, it produced 2023s Sundance documentary filmStill: A Michael J.
Fox Movie, Davis Guggenheims feature film about the life of actor and advocate Michael J.