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\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>Laura Lekkos has come aboard to adapt Rebecca Serle\u2019s\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestseller Expiration Dates<\/em>, which is in development at Amazon MGM Studios with Emma Roberts set to star. Deadline first told you about the project.<\/p>\n \n\tThe novel follows a woman who receives paper slips from the universe with the date her relationship will expire. When a man comes along and defies the pattern, she begins to question her predetermined timeline.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tFeatherweight Pictures\u2019 Jessica Pugh and Chelsea Bradshaw are producing\u00a0Expiration Dates\u00a0<\/em>alongside Belletrists\u2019 Roberts and Karah Preiss, and EPs Matt Matruski, David Stone, and Serle. <\/p>\n \n\tLekkos previously wrote the romantic comedy\u00a0Relationship Goals<\/em>\u00a0for Amazon MGM Studios, starring Kelly Rowland and Cliff \u201cMethod Man\u201d Smith, which was released February 4 on Prime Video. It was announced recently that she will adapt the bestselling romantic comedy novel\u00a0The Marriage Bargain\u00a0<\/em>for 20th\u00a0Century Studios. <\/em>Her\u00a0debut novel,\u00a0All the Little Ways,<\/em>\u00a0was bought by Simon and Schuster\u2019s Gallery Books and will be released in June.\u00a0She also wrote the script for\u00a0Somewhere Only We Know<\/em>, a feature adaptation of Maureen Goo\u2019s novel set up at Netflix, and has multiple other projects in development, including\u00a0Daring to Live\u00a0<\/em>for Amazon MGM Studios, a true-story dramedy based on Sheri Hunter\u2019s memoir.\u00a0The scribe is repped by Gersh and Felker McGinnis & Ryan.<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: <\/strong>Universal Dates Rom-Com \u2018The Catch\u2019 For May 2027 As Emma Stone And Chris Pine Officially Close Deals To Star<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tSerle\u2019s novels have sold millions of copies sold in over 30\u00a0territories\u00a0around the world. Her New York Times<\/em> bestseller One Italian Summer<\/em> has sold over 1.5 copies worldwide and is in development at Paramount\u00a0with Temple Hill producing. Her novel In Five Years<\/em>, which has sold more than 2.3 million copies worldwide in 32 languages, is in development at New Line with Working Title producing. Her latest release Once and Again<\/em> is in early development at Apple. Serle\u2019s YA novel When You Were Mine<\/em> was adapted into the feature film\u00a0Rosaline<\/em>, which was produced by 21 Laps and premiered on Hulu in 2022. Serle additionally developed the hit TV adaptation\u00a0Famous in Love<\/em>, based on her YA series of the same name.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n