Golden Globe Winner Gina Rodriguez to star in Someone Great

• Feigco Entertainment and Likely Story are producing in association with I Can and I Will Productions

• Writer and Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Sweet/Vicious)

• Producers: Feigco Entertainment’s Paul Feig (Ghostbusters, The Heat, Bridesmaids) and Jessie Henderson (A Simple Favor, Spy) will produce with Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman (Private Life, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Foxcatcher) and Peter Cron (Every Day, The Circle). Rodriguez will also serve as a producer via her shingle I Can and I Will Productions.

• Executive Producer: Feigco’s Dan Magnante, Likely Story’s Stefanie Azpiazu (The Land of Steady Habits, Enough Said) and Kaytin Robinson

• Co-Producer: I Can and I Will Productions’ Emily Gipson

• Log line: After a devastating break up, Jenny is seeking adventure in NYC with her two best friends before she moves across the country for her dream job. Someone Great is a romantic comedy about love, loss, growing up, and above all, the everlasting bond of female friendship.

• Cast: Gina Rodriguez (Annihilation, Jane the Virgin)

• The Netflix film is scheduled to start shooting in April

ABOUT JENNIFER KAYTIN ROBINSON

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson created the critically acclaimed Sweet/Vicious for MTV. She’s dedicated to making inclusive content for women and continues that with her upcoming debut directorial debut Someone Great.

ABOUT FEIGCO ENTERTAINMENT

Paul Feig is a multi-talented creator, working successfully as a filmmaker, writer, producer, and author whose films (Spy, The Heat, Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters) have grossed over one billion dollars worldwide. His production company, Feigco Entertainment, run by Jessie Henderson, was created with one goal – creating edgy, commercial comedies and original tentpole films starring women (the first and only company of its kind). Feig’s most recent film was the critically acclaimed reboot of Ghostbusters, starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. The film, beloved by audiences worldwide, won the Favorite Movie Award at the 2017 Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards. Up next, Feig has directed his first thriller, A Simple Favor, starring Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively and Henry Golding. Feigco is also executive producing “The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale” for Netflix.

ABOUT LIKELY STORY

Likely Story is a bi-coastal film and television production company founded by Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu in 2006. Their films have won and been nominated for awards at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Gothams, Indie Spirits, and Cannes, Berlin and Sundance Film Festivals, among others.

Likely Story’s past films include the Academy Award-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Foxcatcher, Sing Street, Indignation, Begin Again, Enough Said, American Ultra, Our Idiot Brother, Synecdoche, New York, Please Give, The Savages, Thumbsucker, Collateral Beauty, James Ponsoldt's The Circle, starring Tom Hanks and Emma Watson, and most recently Every Day, directed by Michael Sucsy and adapted by Jesse Andrews from David Levithan’s best-selling novel.

Likely Story is currently in post-production on Nicole Holofcener’s The Land of Steady Habits and Tamara Jenkins' Private Life, both films are being financed with Netflix.

ABOUT I CAN AND I WILL

Founded by Gina Rodriguez in 2015, I Can and I Will Production’s mission is to create art that tells stories from the unheard and unseen, discover and expose new talent and increase empathy and understanding for all communities.