News > Mark Waters Goes for Seven Days

Written by David Morgan

Mark Waters (Mean Girls) will direct Seven Days, a dramedy by Joshua Ferris, for Universal. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "The script chronicles seven pivotal days in a man's life during the course of 20 years, with each segment of the film beginning as he wakes up that day." Jessica Tuchinsky will produce along with Waters.

Novelist Ferris explained his inspiration for the screenplay:

I can't remember large periods of my life that well, but certain days stick in my mind, for good reasons and bad. At the end, hopefully it will be a portrait of a life as it's lived.

Though the contract was signed before the strike deadline, Ferris still needs to put some finishing touches on the screenplay before it can go into production.