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20th Lands Mother-Daughter Comedy Pitch From ‘Booksmart’s Sarah Haskins & Emily Halpern


Sarah Haskins & Emily Halpern ('Booksmart') have sold a mother-daughter comedy pitch to 20th, with Gloria Sanchez coming aboard to produce.

On the film side, Haskins and Halpern most recently penned 80 for Brady, the comedy starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Rita Moreno and Sally Field, which Paramount released last year. Yesterday seeing Ferrell come aboard to star in GOLF, a Netflix comedy series he’s co-creating with Ramy Youssef and Josh Rabinowitz, the company earlier this year saw the streamer acquire its acclaimed documentary Will & Harper out of Sundance. In recent months, 20th has entered production on the thriller Eenie Meanie, enlisted Jack Paglen to pen a new Maze Runner movie, launched development on a reboot of 9 to 5 with producer Jennifer Aniston, and set Lily James to star in a film inspired by the story of Bumble Founder Whitney Wolfe Herd.

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