Tobey Maguire and a Whiplash producer are adapting comedy novel I Take You
Actor, amateur card sharp, and professional retired Spider-Man Tobey Maguire continues to bulk up his credits as a film producer, with the announcement today that he’s teaming up with Whiplash’s Helen Estabrook to produce an adaptation of a comedy novel about a fidelity-challenged future bride. The book in question, Eliza Kennedy’s I Take You, centers on a young woman named Lily who develops cold feet about her upcoming marriage to fiancé Will—one of those “brilliant, handsome archaeologists” you’re always hearing about. Lily herself is described by the book’s copy as a “lawyer extraordinaire” who likes a good drink (“or five,” the description gushes, in a tone that tells you this is the “fun” kind of alcoholism) who just can’t stay faithful to her guy. As Lily and Will’s wedding approaches, infidelity, drunkenness, and the highest of jinks begin to ensue.