Wooed Guys

A rom com for blokes (Maybe)


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Just when you thought the romantic comedy genre had breathed its last (foolish mortal! For the rom com hydra can never be defeated!), along comes an adaptation of Behind Everyman: A Novel For Guys And The Women Who Rescue Them.

David K Israel’s book isn’t about men trapped in blazing infernos and female firefighters who risk danger to save them. Nope, it’s that old chestnut, a twentysomething bloke looking for love in New York.

Mary Tobler, who served as script editor on The Manchurian Candidate remake, is stepping up to write, while John Krokidas, who got his start fetching coffee at Michael Stipe’s production company, will direct. Wonder if his old boss will donate a song to the soundtrack…

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