20th Century Fox has hired Karen McCullah & Kirsten Smith to adapt 29, the novel by Adena Halpern. John Davis is producing. The book is a high concept comedy about an elderly woman who wakes up in the body of her 29-year old self and finally has the chance to do things right. McCullah & Smith’s credits include Legally Blonde and The House Bunny. In addition to solo projects, they are scripting Love It Or Leave It for Chockstone Pictures, which they are producing with Seth Jaret and Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz and Roger Schwartz. The scribes are repped by Paradigm and manager Seth Jaret.
Source: http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/fox-sets-scribe-team-mccullah-smith-for-29/



Spending part of her life growing up on a sailboat, it’s no surprise that Kiwi Smith is full of unique stories and a terrific sense of humor. Her long-time writing partnership with Karen McCullah has yielded some of Hollywood's most memorable comedies: The Ugly Truth, Legally Blonde, The House Bunny, She’s the Man and 10 Things I Hate About You. A serial-collaborator and ubiquitous presence around Hollywood, Kiwi nurtures an ever-burgeoning slate of projects as only a prolific multi-hyphenate can.

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