Gene Stupnitsky in talks to direct Jennifer Lawrence in Apple rom-com One Month Mark

Mixed · 2Gene Stupnitsky is in final negotiations to direct One Month Mark, a romantic comedy from Apple Original Films and Chernin Entertainment, according to sources cited by Deadline. 1 2 Mixed · 2Jennifer Lawrence is attached to star and to produce through her Excellent Cadaver banner, and Sophie Fleur de Bruijn wrote the script. 1 2 Mixed · 2The logline for the contemporary romantic comedy reads: "She has never made it past a month in a relationship. He has never gone longer than a month without one." 1 2

Centre · 1Apple Studios is set to produce, with Chernin Entertainment's David Ready and Peter Chernin as producers; Lawrence and her producing partner Justine Ciarrocchi produce for Excellent Cadaver, and de Bruijn and Brady Fujikawa are executive producers. 1 Centre · 1Deadline says Chernin landed the spec script after a summer auction that drew interest from more than 40 producers, and that Lawrence signed on first, with Apple following soon after. 1 Centre · 1Deadline reports that after a thorough director search, Lawrence pushed to reunite with Stupnitsky following the successful No Hard Feelings shoot. 1

Centre · 1Stupnitsky directed Good Boys (2019), co-created the Emmy-nominated Jury Duty, co-wrote Bad Teacher, and is producing the Sony comedy Narcs; he is represented by WME. 1 Left · 1The A.V. Club adds that Stupnitsky wrote, directed and executive produced on NBC's The Office, earning three Emmy nominations, and that No Hard Feelings (2023), which he directed and co-wrote with John Phillips, made little box-office impact but found an audience on streaming. 2 Left · 1Lawrence's love interest has not yet been cast, according to the A.V. Club, which notes her involvement was first reported in June. 2