According to TVLine, Quibi is in the process of developing a brand new series adaptation of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, a modern take on the 2003 romantic comedy of the same name. The reboot series will be penned by The Mindy Project‘s Gary Branum.
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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days series will follow the story of a glib young online columnist and an oversexed advertising executive who both need to prove, once and for all, they’re capable of being monogamous. They soon discover, however, keeping a relationship is harder than Andie Anderson made it look!
The original film was directed by Donald Petri and was based on a short cartoon book of the same name which was written by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long. It starred Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) and Golden Globe winner Kate Hudson (Almost Famous, Bride Wars) portraying the roles of Ben and Andie, respectively.
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Quibi, which is short for “Quick Bites” is scheduled to have its launch on April 6, 2020, with already more than a billion dollars raised from its investors. It has a number of projects currently in development. Guillermo del Toro, Sam Raimi, Catherine Hardwick, Steven Spielberg, Paul Feig, Anna Kendrick, Laurence Fishburne, and Don Cheadle are eight of the many producers and talents who are working hard on the production of the said projects
The streaming service, founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, is set to feature series that run two to four hours in length and are broken down into parts that are no longer than 10 minutes in length and is set to launch on
