Cosgrove
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films have acquired the comedy pitch "How Could You Do This to Me?"
Project will be developed as a potential star vehicle for Miranda Cosgrove, who stars on the popular Nickelodeon series "iCarly" and "Drake and Josh."
Andy Marx and Andrea King will write the script, and Gil Netter ("Marley and Me") will produce. Dan Halsted will be exec producer.
Cosgrove will play a teen who feels that the divorce of her parents has improved her life. When mom and dad appear to be rekindling sparks, their daughter feels threatened and tries to break them up.
The scribes most recently wrote "Tour de Frank" at Universal and "Campaign Dads" for Disney.
Par and Nick had been looking for a way to expand its relationship with Cosgrove. She toplines a show that is the top-rated program among kids 6-11; the series has also spawned a successful website and a top-selling album.
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