Sophie Cookson & Lucien Laviscount Underway On Rom-Com ‘This Time Next Year’; Protagonist Launching For Cannes Market
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Golden Circle) and Lucien Laviscount (Emily In Paris) are underway on feature rom-com This Time Next Year, which heralds from producers Night Train Media and BlackBox Multimedia.
The film is adapted by Sophie Cousens’ from her novel of the same name and is being directed by Nick Moore, editor of hit comedies including Love Actually, Notting Hill and The Full Monty.
Protagonist Pictures is handling worldwide sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes market. The film will chart the story of Minnie (Cookson) and Quinn (Laviscount) who are born in London on New Year’s Day, in the same hospital, one minute apart.
Thirty years later — and very different people — they find themselves thrown together again in the same city on New Year’s Eve.
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