Spec script sale: “Celeste and Jesse Forever”

Fox Atomic continues to be active on the spec acquisition front by buying “Celeste and Jesse Forever” from writers Rashida Jones & Will McCormick:

Story revolves around a young divorcing couple who try to maintain their longstanding friendship while pursuing other relationships.

Jones, who is best known for her stint on “The Office” before segueing to bigscreen fare like “I Love You, Man,” began writing the script with McCormack in August. Project marks the first script sale for Jones and her fellow thesp McCormack, whose credits include ABC’s “Brothers and Sisters” and FX’s “Dirt.”

First time writing sale, but with an asterisk as the writers are already established TV actors.