Universal Pictures has optioned the film rights to Jennifer Cox's memoir "Around the World in 80 Dates" and Jeff Rake has signed on to write the adaptation says The Hollywood Reporter.
The book is part travel guide and part relationship primer, combining dating realities with romantic settings. A bestseller in England, it tells the story of a British travel writer's attempt to find her soulmate. She sent her profile and her specs for a soulmate to contacts around the world and traveled the globe, going on dates with the top 80 candidates in 16 countries.
Reese Witherspoon's Type A production company is producing and she will have first crack to star in the film if the script is to her liking. The studio also has acquired life rights to the author, Jennifer Cox.
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