Pitch sale: “What Was I Thinking?”

New Line picks up comedy pitch “What Was I Thinking?” from writers Susanna Fogel and Joni Lefkowitz:

The project is based on a book of the same name which saw Barbara Davilman and Liz Dubelman compile 58 bad boyfriend stories. Obst saw the book and realized it would make a great hook for a movie. She then enlisted Fogel and Lefkowitz, who wrote the Sarah Jessica Parker HBO pilot “The Washingtonienne,” to come up with a movie story.

The take sees a woman getting dumped during her engagement party, causing her friends to spring into action and whisk her away on a ski trip for healing and hedonism. Four flashbacks dealing in “worst ex-boyfriend” tales, threaded by the adventures on the ski trip, follow.

This is a good example of how things work in Hwood. Producer Lynda Obst finds a book. 58 bad boyfriend stories. Some great material. Need to find writers who can craft a great “take”. Enter Fogel & Lefkowitz who read the book, brainstorm, and come up with their take: An A-plot tied to the ski trip which allows them to interweave four flashbacks from the book. 

See… it’s that easy.