Lionsgate has acquired the rights to Jessica Knoll’s first novel, “Luckiest Girl Alive,” which Reese Witherspoon will produce with her Pacific Standard partner Bruna Papandrea.
The Simon & Schuster novel that hits shelves (and Kindles, of course) on May 12 follows a wealthy 28-year-old New Yorker who appears to have it all, but her meticulously crafted life starts to unravel when a dark trauma and shocking secret from her past resurfaces.
Jeyun Choi Munford, VP of production, and creative executive Nirokhi Raychaudhuri will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.
The deal was negotiated by CAA on behalf of Knoll — a senior editor at Cosmopolitan — Simon & Schusterย and the producers.