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EXCLUSIVE: Rachael Leigh Cook, star of ‘90s movies including She’s All That, has signed a wide-ranging deal with Fox’s Marvista Entertainment.
The pact will see Cook develop, produce and act in a number of projects including a holiday film and There She Goes (w/t), a feature loosely based on her real-life experiences.
It comes as Cook is starring in Netflix’s A Tourist’s Guide to Love, which launches this month.
The deal is one of the highest profile partnerships unveiled by Marvista Entertainment since it was acquired by Fox Entertainment in December 2021.
Leigh Cook will develop and produce several projects across genres over the next few years via her production company Ben’s Sister Productions. She will work in front of and behind the camera.
The deal was shepherded by Hannah Pillemer, EVP, Creative Affairs, MarVista Entertainment.
The first few projects revealed are There She Goes, which will star Cook and is loosely based on her life as a ‘90s icon. The film will be written by Night Owls duo Charles Hood and Seth Goldsmith and directed by Hood.
Rescuing Christmas (w/t), also starring Cook, is a holiday-themed film about an anti-Christmas photographer who makes the mistake of wishing Christmas would disappear. Jim Head, who exec produced A Tourist’s Guide To Love, serves as an executive producer of the film written by Sarah Montana (If I Only Had Christmas).
Elsewhere in development, My Italy (w/t) is written by Julie Lipson (Rust Creek) and centers on a chef influencer who has built an image based on her Italian heritage and discovers that she is not, in fact, Italian, turning her world and her career upside down until a genealogist helps her find her true identity and true love in the process.
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