Diaz and Del Toro Attached to An Ex to Grind
Tue, April 20, 2010 
20th Century Fox has acquired the film rights to Jane Heller's novel "An Ex to Grind" with Cameron Diaz and Benicio Del Toro attached to star in the romantic comedy.
Diaz career' is doing fine, what with starring along side the newly revived Cruise in this summers blockbuster 'Knight and Day', but Del Toro needs "something" to bring him back from movie star jail after that flop piece of garbage 'Wolfman', I'm actually surprised that Marvel decided to keep Johnston on for Captain America after that as well. Anyways...
The following is how publisher William Morrow describes the book:
The battle of the sexes rages on in this smart, witty, and extremely timely comedy from the phenomenally popular Jane Heller.
At first, Manhattan financial planner Melanie Banks adores Dan Swain, her pro football player husband who's got a sexy Oklahoma drawl to go with his athletic good looks. But then his career comes to a screeching halt and he spends the next few years out of a job, seemingly unconcerned about it. Suddenly, she's the one bringing home the bacon and falling out of love with the paycheck-devouring, couch-sitting mooch. Divorce is the answer, she decides -- only to learn she has to fork over alimony while he lives like a prince on her income and she has to share custody of their precious dog, Buster. Consumed with the unfairness of it all, she plays dirty, hiring a high-profile matchmaker to find some unsuspecting female she can dump on Dan for ninety days and cause him to violate their cohabitation clause.
But then Melanie's scheme backfires. Her ex's new love revitalizes him, miraculously transforming him into the focused, responsible go-getter she always hoped he'd be. And now, with the ninety-day clock about to chime, she realizes she wants him back.
Reader Comments (1)
Wolfman was a total piece of crap,, I like that, movie star jail lmao