MUMBAI: Fox has acquire filming rights of Adena Halpern‘s 29: A Novel that would be produced by John Davis.
The novel centers on woman obsessed with remaining young. On her 75th birthday, she wishes she was 29 again, just for one day, and when it comes true, she teams with her young granddaughter to embark on an adventure. Meanwhile, the woman‘s middle-aged daughter and 75-year-old best friend believe her to be kidnapped and set out to search the lady and her grand daughter.
The novel was released on 15 June.
No director or writer is attached, though the studio is hoping to turn the book into "an event movie for women."
Davis has two of his films released this summer: Predators, that he produced with Robert Rodriguez and Marmaduke.