The project has been touted as an R-rated comedy in the vein of Tom Cruise’s 1983 film Risky Business and Cameron Diaz-starrer Bad Teacher.
Jennifer Lawrence is working with Gene Stupnitsky for an R-rated comedy film.
Titled “No Hard Feelings”, the film has been described as a coming-of-age drama. It’s picked up by Sony Pictures Diversity.
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Stupnitsky, best known for his directorial debut “Good Boys” as writer and co-executive producer on NBC’s “The Office,” will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Joan Phillips.
“No Hard Feelings” is set in Montauk, NY, a hamlet on the eastern end of Long Island. The project has been touted as an R-rated comedy in the vein of Tom Cruise’s 1983 film “Risk Business” and the Cameron Diaz-starrer “Bad Teacher”, on which Stupnitsky served as an executive producer and writer. did.
Sony Pictures reportedly faced some competition from other major studios and streaming services in pursuit of the project.
Universal Pictures, the studio that supported Stupnitsky’s “Good Boys”, was also in the fray but Sony eventually came out on top. The studio now plans to provide the film with a special theatrical release.
“No Hard Feelings” will be produced by Alex Sachs, Mark Proviciero, Naomi Odenkirk, Lawrence and Justin Polsky.
Lawrence has a packed slate as she gears up to star in Netflix’s “Don’t Look Up” directed by Adam McKay. She will also collaborate with filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino for “Mob Girl”.
Along with McKay, the Oscar-winning star has another project titled “Bad Blood”, in which she will play Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
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