WORKING TITLE FILMS AND UNIVERSAL PICTURES BEGIN PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON 'DEFINITELY, MAYBE,' A ROMANTIC COMEDY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ADAM BROOKS

WORKING TITLE FILMS AND UNIVERSAL PICTURES BEGIN PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON 'DEFINITELY, MAYBE,' A ROMANTIC COMEDY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ADAM BROOKS

Rachel Weisz, Derek Luke, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Banks and Abigail Breslin Join Ryan Reynolds in Film

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Filming begins this week in New York City on "Definitely, Maybe," a romantic comedy starring Ryan Reynolds ("National Lampoon's Van Wilder," upcoming "Smokin' Aces"), Academy Award(R) winner Rachel Weisz ("The Constant Gardener," "The Fountain," "Runaway Jury'), Derek Luke ("Antwone Fisher," "Friday Night Lights"), Isla Fisher ("Wedding Crashers," "I Heart Huckabees"), Elizabeth Banks ("Invincible," "The 40-Year- Old Virgin") and Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine," "Raising Helen"). Adam Brooks, who most recently wrote the screenplay for "Wimbledon" and co-wrote "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," directs from his screenplay.

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Ryan Reynolds stars as Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad in the midst of a divorce when his 10-year-old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love.

Will's story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the presidential campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as an idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. Will hopelessly attempts a "PG" version of his story for his daughter and changes the names so Maya has to guess who is the woman her father finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next-door Emily (Elizabeth Banks)? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April (Isla Fisher)? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist Summer (Rachel Weisz)?

As Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy. And as Will tells her his tale, Maya helps him understand that it's really never too late to go back...and maybe find a happy ending.

"Definitely, Maybe" is produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Liza Chasin ("Pride & Prejudice," "High Fidelity") of Working Title and Bobby Cohen ("Memoirs of a Geisha," "RV," "Jarhead") serve as executive producers. The film is a Working Title production and will be released by Universal Pictures.

The film's behind-the-scenes team includes line producer Kerry Orent (television's "Rescue Me," upcoming "Michael Clayton"), cinematographer Florian Ballhaus ("The Devil Wears Prada," "Flightplan"), production designer Stephanie Carroll ("Monsoon Wedding," "The War Within"), costume designer Gary Jones ("Spiderman 2," "The Talented Mr. Ripley") and editor Peter Teschner ("Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation Kazakhstan," "Charlie's Angels"). "Definitely, Maybe" will be filmed in New York City.

Working Title Films has been co-chaired by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner since 1992. Between them, the pair has produced 80 feature films, which have amassed more than $3.5 billion worldwide. The company's commercial and critical hits include "The Interpreter"; "About a Boy"; "Notting Hill"; "Elizabeth"; "Fargo"; "Dead Man Walking"; "Bean"; "High Fidelity"; "Johnny English"; "Billy Elliot"; "Four Weddings and a Funeral"; "Bridget Jones's Diary"; "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason"; "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"; "Love Actually"; "Shaun of the Dead"; "Pride & Prejudice"; "Nanny McPhee"; and "United 93"; and the company has stepped into theatre production with the hugely popular "Billy Elliot The Musical". Opening this month is Phillip Noyce's "Catch a Fire"; and in 2007 Working Title will release Joe Carnahan's "Smokin' Aces", Joe Wright's "Atonement"; Shekhar Kapur's "The Golden Age"; Steve Bendelack's "Mr. Bean's Holiday"; Paul Weiland's "Sixty Six"; and Ringan Ledwidge's "Gone."

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