After reviving the raunchy rom-com genre with the 2023 hit No Hard Feelings, Jennifer Lawrence is re-teaming with director Gene Stupnitsky for One Month Mark, an upcoming feature from Apple Original Films and Chernin Entertainment. Stupnitsky is in final negotiations to direct the project, with Lawrence taking on the starring role and producing through her Excellent Cadaver studio.
Written by Sophie Fleur de Bruijn, the logline for the new romantic comedy reads: She has never made it past a month in a relationship. He has never gone longer than a month without one.
According to Deadline, Chernin landed the rights to One Month Mark over the summer after the project went up for auction. The outlet says the spec script is “unlike anything the town had seen for a comedy in years.” More than 40 producers wanted a piece of the pie, including major production companies and independent banners. Deadline also notes that high-profile actors and directors were chasing One Month Mark after its competitive auction, with Lawrence and Stupnitsky ultimately winning the prize.
With Lawrence leading the film and Stupnitsky nearing the finish line to direct, the search for Lawrence’s co-star can begin in earnest. Apparently, Lawrence advocated for Stupnitsky after the duo said they wanted to work together again following their experience with No Hard Feelings.
One Month Mark adds yet another high-profile title to Lawrence’s remarkably stacked slate as she continues to strike a balance between commercial crowd-pleasers and prestige arthouse fare. She recently wrapped production on Martin Scorsese’s mystery thriller What Happens at Night, starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, and she is set to lead Lynne Ramsay’s dark psychodrama Die My Love opposite Robert Pattinson. On top of that, Lawrence is attached to star in A24’s murder mystery The Wives, sign on for Zach Cregger’s sci-fi feature The Flood, and re-team with Emma Stone to produce an untitled comedy centered around Miss Piggy. With One Month Mark, Lawrence re-anchors her return to studio comedies, cementing her status as one of Hollywood’s most versatile leading stars.