"24" creator Joel
Surnow is trying his hand at romantic comedy. Surnow's
screenplay "That Face" centers on a small-town guy who lands a
mailroom job at a New York cosmetics firm, only to be fired on
his first day after telling the owners his honest opinion about
their spokesmodel.
His gets a chance at redemption after snapping a
camera-phone shot of a beautiful girl on the subway and
offering her as a replacement, but the foul-mouthed
outer-borough beauty needs a lot more than makeup to become the
new face of the company.
The project is headed for the big screen via Morgan Creek
Prods. and domestic distributor Universal Pictures.
Surnow may be fairly new to feature screenwriting, but few
match his TV track record. Before earning two Emmys for "24,"
he was the head writer on "Miami Vice," executive producer on
"The Equalizer" and "La Femme Nikita" and a writer on more than
a dozen series.
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