Ron Bass, who wrote the screenplay to the 1997 Julia Roberts starrer, will adapt the film as a comedy.
The network is teaming with the producers behind the 1997 Julia Roberts starrer for a half-hour TV sequel series to the film, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. ABC has handed out a script plus penalty for the single-camera half-hour comedy.
Academy Award winner Ron Bass (Rain Main) — who penned the feature — will write the script alongside Jessica Amento. Bass and the film's Jerry Zucker and Janet Zucker will executive produce alongside Mike Menchel. The comedy will be produced via Sony Pictures Television and Adam Sandler and Doug Robinson's studio-based Happy Madison Television (ABC's The Goldbergs).
ABC's Wedding picks up where the movie left off and centers on Julianne Potter (originally played by Roberts) navigating her life in New York City, with best friend George (played by Dermot Mulroney in the movie) as her guide.
Wedding becomes the latest intellectual property to get the reboot treatment this development season. Key to the process is having the original producers involved, which is the case here. The film, produced by Sony's TriStar Pictures, grossed nearly $300 million worldwide with a budget of $38 million.
The network is teaming with the producers behind the 1997 Julia Roberts starrer for a half-hour TV sequel series to the film, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. ABC has handed out a script plus penalty for the single-camera half-hour comedy.
Academy Award winner Ron Bass (Rain Main) — who penned the feature — will write the script alongside Jessica Amento. Bass and the film's Jerry Zucker and Janet Zucker will executive produce alongside Mike Menchel. The comedy will be produced via Sony Pictures Television and Adam Sandler and Doug Robinson's studio-based Happy Madison Television (ABC's The Goldbergs).
ABC's Wedding picks up where the movie left off and centers on Julianne Potter (originally played by Roberts) navigating her life in New York City, with best friend George (played by Dermot Mulroney in the movie) as her guide.
Wedding becomes the latest intellectual property to get the reboot treatment this development season. Key to the process is having the original producers involved, which is the case here. The film, produced by Sony's TriStar Pictures, grossed nearly $300 million worldwide with a budget of $38 million.
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