Playtone has 'Last' spec at U

Shingle's partners Hanks, Goetzman to produce

By GABRIEL SNYDER

Playtone Prods. has optioned spec script "Maynard Dils ... Last Man on Earth" from scribe Mark Blutman and set up the project with Universal Pictures. Deal includes a rewrite by Blutman.

Pic will be produced by Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman.

Laffer follows a nerdy guy who receives the blessing and curse of suddenly being irresistible to every woman on the planet.

Blutman's previous credits include executive producer duties on ABC's "Boy Meets World."

Overseeing for the studio is exec VP Holly Bario.