Pitch sale: “Leap Year”
Spyglass Entertainment makes presumptive buy worth seven figures for rom-com pitch “Leap Year” from writing team Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan:
The Spyglass purchase comes in the wake of its romantic comedy “27 Dresses” topping $140 million in worldwide grosses.
Amy Adams rumored to be circling the project.
No logline given in Daily Variety article, but I did find this:
Adams will play an uptight woman who travels to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on leap day, Feb. 29, following an Irish tradition in which women propose to men on that day and the man has to say yes. When weather derails her trip, she enlists the help of a surly Irish innkeeper to make an unexpected cross-country trek to pull off the perfect proposal in time.
Okay, all you rom-com fans. Why is that concept such a strong one? I see several elements that should work from a marketing standpoint. What do you see?