Revolution takes 'Two'
Scribes nab low six figures to adapt Gayle novel
By MARC GRASER
Revolution Studios has dinner reservations with Roth/Arnold Prods, picking up the spec script "Dinner for Two" from scribes Christine Scowley and Adam Kleid. The romantic comedy was brought into Roth/Arnold last week by Desi Van Til, making her first acquisition only days after joining the production entity, formed by Donna Roth and Susan Arnold, as its director of development.
A former Revolution staffer, Van Til had worked for creative exec Greg Silverman as his assistant at the studio and followed him to Warner Bros., where he was hired as veep of production.
Scowley and Kleid are being paid low six figures to adapt Mike Gayle's British novel "Dinner for Two," about a man who takes a job as an advice columnist for a teen magazine, only to discover that one of his advice seekers turns out to be his illegitimate daughter. Keeping the girl a secret from his wife becomes a problem after the man begins spending too much time with girl, raising suspicions of infidelity.
Revolution partner Todd Garner will oversee development of the pic for the studio.
Revolution and Roth/Arnold are currently readying the Jennifer Garner laffer "13 Going on 30," which begins lensing in the spring.
Scowley and Kleid are repped by Benderspink-based Mason Novick.
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Posted: Tue., Oct. 1, 2002, 10:00pm PT