'The Hookup Handbook: A Single Girl's Guide to Living It Up'
NEW YORK -- Weinstein Co. genre arm Dimension Films is developing a comedy based on Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler's tome "The Hookup Handbook: A Single Girl's Guide to Living It Up."
Scribe trio Alyssa Embree, Jessica Koosed and Stacey Harman have been tapped to adapt the book, published last year by Simon Spotlight.
Riche Prods.' Peter Riche, Alan Riche and Wendy Riche will produce.
Comic tale revolves around three very different young women who leave traditional dating behind to forge some unlikely friendships, and a series of life-changing romantic adventures, all in pursuit of "hooking up."
"This book cuts like a laser right to the heart of what's going on with today's young people and the way they relate to each other on an emotional level," said Peter Riche.
Dimension's production ranks are headed by Richard Saperstein.
Embree, Koosed and Harman are currently penning "Jingle Belle" for Happy Madison Prods. They are also at work on the pilot "Kiss & Tell," in development at the CW, with Touchstone and Shady Acres producing.
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