Lionsgate Downloads Emma Straub’s ‘This Time Tomorrow’ Movie for Jason Moore to Direct

Special: After a competitive auction, Lionsgate chose this New York Times a bestselling novel ᲮOkay this timeJason Moore as project manager and producer. Moore is joined by producers Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman, who will executive produce Mandeville, with Alex Young serving as executive producer. Emma Straub will adapt her novel for the big screen.

“Emma’s novel is kind and funny, life affirming and painful, sweet and nostalgic, deep and rich,” said Erin Westerman, head of production at Lionsgate. “There is no more difficult relationship between a father and son, and it gets worse as the years go by. “Jason is the ideal director for this project: he can come up with great and exciting ideas and then get to the emotional core to change your perspective.”

The book is about Alice, who turns 40 and takes care of her sick father. When she wakes up in 1996 repeating her 16th birthday, it’s not her youthful body or her caring for school that shocks her, but her father: the lively, charming, 40-year-old version of her father, the one she’s still with. lives. reunited. . . Now armed with a new perspective on his life and his own life, past events take on a new meaning. Is there anything that could change, change?

The novel is in its third week after debuting at #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction Bestseller.

“I’m thrilled to be joining Lionsgate, Todd and Alex at Mandeville to present Emma with an outstanding book,” Moore said. “It’s a funny, sneaky and deeply exciting look at how time is our most precious commodity and how we spend it, discerning who we will be and how we remember it.”

He is famous for directing hit comedies such as perfect tone Y sisters, Moore and Lionsgate have had close relationships since he became head of the studio. forced marriageStarring Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel. The movie premieres on Amazon Prime Video. He will then become the director and producer of Temple Hill’s. Მ now goodbye. Moore is also the creative force behind some of Broadway’s biggest hits. totally faithful, shrek musical, It earned Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award nominations for it. Offered by WME.

Straub also wrote four more novels: all adults are here, vacationers, modern loversY The life of Laura Lamont in pictures – and a collection of short stories Other people we married. His books have been published in 20 countries. He and his wife own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore in Brooklyn. Represents WME.

Mandeville’s subtitles include several movies that appeal to family audiences, including the 2017 hit by Lionsgate. be curiousThis has generated more than $305 million worldwide and ᲛOlive and the beast Y maps.