Jon M. Chu To Produce and Possibly Direct Film Adaptation of YA Novel PERMANENT RECORD

Jon M. Chu, known for directing Now You See Me 2, Crazy Rich Asians, and the upcoming adaptation of Broadway’s In The Heights, is set to produce the adaptation of the YA novel, Permanent Record, written by Mary H.K. Choi. Chu is also in talks to direct the film, which explores the effect of social media on relationships.

Here’s the synopsis via Deadline:

Pablo Rind and Leanna Smart are opposites who attract in an unexpected romance. Pablo is a college dropout, working the graveyard shift at a 24-hour deli in Brooklyn, up to his eyeballs in credit card and student loan debt. Leanna has enough social media followers to populate whole continents. Her brand is unstoppable. She graduated from child stardom to become an international icon and her adult life is a queasy blur of private planes, step-and-repeats, aspirational hotel rooms, and strangers screaming for her just to notice them. Pablo and Leanna meet at 5 AM at the bodega in the dead of winter and soon become ‘a thing’ and the story follows the complications of that and their self-discovery.

Choi is adapting the screenplay for the film from her novel, as well as serving as executive producer. This sounds like an interesting and relevant story that could be a fun watch. We will keep you posted when we hear about casting.