David Gordon Green To Direct "Q"

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Synopsis

“Q, Quentina Elizabeth Deveril, is the love of my life.”

Shortly before his wedding, the unnamed hero of this uncommon romance is visited by a man who claims to be his future self and ominously admonishes him that he must not marry the love of his life, Q. At first the protagonist doubts this stranger, but in time he becomes convinced of the authenticity of the warning and leaves his fiancÉe. The resulting void in his life is impossible to fill. One after the other, future selves arrive urging him to marry someone else, divorce, attend law school, leave law school, travel, join a running club, stop running, study the guitar, the cello, Proust, Buddhism, and opera, and eliminate gluten from his diet. The only constants in this madcap quest for personal improvement are his love for his New York City home and for the irresistible Q.

A unique literary talent, Evan Mandery turns the classic story of transcendent love on its head, with an ending that will melt even the darkest heart.

Director David Gordon Green is heading back to Columbia Pictures, the studio that made his Pineapple Express. He will write and direct an unconventional love story called Q.

Columbia is in final negotiations to pick up rights to the Evan Mandery novel, which was published in August. Matt Tolmach will produce with Pouya Shahbazian, who manages Mandery.

In the Harper Collins novel, a man is visited by a future version of himself and told not to marry the love of his life. He agrees and spends the rest of his life trying to undo that fateful choice and find the only woman he ever loved, even as he is visited by other future selves, all trying to redirect his life.

The tone is described as It’s A Wonderful Life with a combination of romance, comedy and drama.

Matt Tolmach Productions executives Robert Kessel and Kate Checci spotted the book and will shepherd development of the adaptation.

Andrea Giannetti is overseeing Q for Columbia along with Hannah Minghella.

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[antsman41]

oh, I gotta check out this book...