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[Entertainment Wire Report] Houston, Smith to Star in Romantic Comedy for Universal Pix NEW YORK--March 18, 1998--Whitney Houston and Will Smith are attached to star in Tom Flynn's romantic comedy entitled "Anything For You" which was just purchased by Universal Pictures. The screenplay is about a man who dumps his girlfriend and eight months later realizes he made a big mistake. To win her back, he must endure a series of tasks his jilted lover has set up for him. William Morris Agency brought the project to the attention of Houston and her partner, Debra Martin Chase, who in turn got Will Smith and his producing partner James Lassiter interested. It is hoped that shooting will start later this year. Both
Houston and Smith will co-produce through their respective companies, BrownHouse
Productions and Overbrook Productions. BrownHouse Productions' most recent producing
venture was the enormous ly successful made for TV musical "Rodgers and Hammerstein's
Cinderella" which aired in November on The Wonderful World of Disney and ABC to over
60 million viewers. NEWSFILE: 18 MARCH 1998 |