News > Joel Surnow's "That Face" Gets Picked Up

Joel Surnow, best known as the co-creator of hit show "24," is trying his hand at another genre all together: The romantic comedy. He's written a screenplay called "That Face" that will be produced by Morgan Creek Productions and distributed by Universal. The Hollywood Reporter provides a handy summary:

The film's protagonist is 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 chance at redemption comes 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 a palatable new face for the company.

Far be it from me to question the man who brought us a character that would eventually utter the phrase "I'm gonna need a hacksaw," but this film sounds an awful lot like "Funny Face" combined with "My Fair Lady." Of all of the Audrey Hepburn movies Surnow could ape, I would have thought he would go with "Charade." At least people die painful deaths in that one.

-David Morgan