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Paramount Lands Rom-Com Spec ‘The Romantic’ From Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont; Dave Bautista Aboard To Star

Dave Bautista has attached to star in 'The Romantic,' a rom-com in development at Paramount Pictures.

Dave BautistaGetty The film tells the story of bestselling romance author Francine London, who has a secret: she’s actually a six-foot-four mountain of a man named Ed Schwenke. Currently weighing an offer for a role in Road House 2 at Amazon MGM, Bautista will next be seen starring in the Aura Entertainment actioner Trap House, as well as the Amazon MGM buddy cop action comedy The Wrecking Crew opposite Jason Momoa, both of which are produced by his Dogbone Entertainment Banner. Creative partners since meeting at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, they’ve recently made a pivot into hard comedy with the R-rated Guys with No Friends, which sold to Paramount for over $1M in a multi-studio bidding war.

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