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production company Shakespeare Sisters has acquired the film rights to the popular YA novel “The Upside of Unrequited,” written by best-selling scribe Becky Albertalli.
The author’s debut novel, “Simon Vs.
the Homo Sapiens Agenda,” was adapted as the gay teen romantic comedy movie “Love, Simon,” which – distributed by 20th Century Fox – grossed $66 million worldwide, and inspired the Hulu spin-off series “Love, Victor.”The movie adaptation of “The Upside of Unrequited” will be written and directed by Hillary Shakespeare and Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare, who are best known for their recent coming-of-age film “Soundtrack to Sixteen.” Albertalli also joins as executive producer on the feel-good summer romance.The story centers on awkward 17-year-old Molly, who has had 26 crushes and exactly zero kisses.
She’s sure love confessions can only go one way for weight-challenged girls: utter humiliation.
Now that her twin Cassie is swept up in her first romance, Molly has never felt more alone.
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