Martin pitch propels Paramount
Actor will re-team with Diane Keaton
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Robert Simonds will produce.
Simonds pitched Martin's idea last week to each studio, and Par was the most aggressive in taking it off the table. Martin and Keaton would play a couple in the comedy.
WMA repped Martin and Simonds, Endeavor reps Keaton.
Paramount could put the pic into production this fall if a writer is drafted quickly.
Simonds is the producer of the "Pink Panther" series, and he and Martin just wrapped the Harald Zwart-directed "Pink Panther 2," which will be released in February. They have already begun talking with writers about "Pink Panther 3."
Keaton last starred in the Callie Khouri-directed "Mad Money."
