While dramas and thrillers have used multi-threaded interconnected narratives to tell their stories for decades, it wasn't always as well-mined a technique in romance films. But in the last decade the inter-woven romance has become popular, with films like Love Actually and He's Just Not That Into You as the stronger examples of that subset. And now it looks like another is on the way.
The 80-year-old life of a diamond engagement ring is the focus of The Engagements, the upcoming J. Courtney Sullivan novel that Deadline reports is in final negotiations to become Fox 2000’s next adaptation. It will be produced by Pacific Standard, the company owned by Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea. While this is Witherspoon’s only role in the project for now, there is a good chance she’ll take a part in it.
The 80-year-old life of a diamond engagement ring is the focus of The Engagements, the upcoming J. Courtney Sullivan novel that Deadline reports is in final negotiations to become Fox 2000’s next adaptation. It will be produced by Pacific Standard, the company owned by Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea. While this is Witherspoon’s only role in the project for now, there is a good chance she’ll take a part in it.