A proper screenplay, funny, fast, well plotted, knowing - not like an Apatow movie, in other words. And Kunis and Timberlake really click.
David Newman and Keith Merryman also wrote a film called Think Like a Man (2012) which they are turning into a series. I guess they're doing all right as in December 2016 they bought a nice $1.9 million house in Beachwood Canyon, LA. This grossed $150m worldwide from a $35m budget. The UK, Germany, Russia, Brazil and Australia were big markets - almost two thirds was foreign sales.
How did you come up with this story idea?
David Newman: We had started with characters. We had a woman with a fear of abandonment and a man with a fear of commitment, and the premise Friends With Benefits came to fit.
Keith Merryman: Well, you know what part of it was: We were looking at all of our straight, single girlfriends and what they were going through.
No wonder the gay character Woody Harrelson has some of the best lines.
So I guess Twin Peaks / Less Than Zero writer Harley Peyton and Gluck came in to brush it up or something. Gluck made Easy A the year before so Emma Stone's appearance here is a leftover from that.
Gluck then made Annie (Aline Brosh McKenna one of the writers) and Peter Rabbit, pre-production on Treasure Squad (TV series) and announced Which Brings Me To You.
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