• Move On

  • Ken Kobayashi
  • Set Up
  • Rom-Com
  • Sci-Fi
  • 2019
  • Black List
  • Hit List
  • 77.5
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Market: Mon, 16 Dec 2019Sold: Wed, 15 Jan 2020
Producer: Will Gluck
AgentOlivia Fanaro, Charles Ferraro, Jordan Lonner (United Talent Agency)
ManagerMax Goldfarb, Peter McHugh (Gotham Group)
FinancierSony
ProductionOlive Bridge
1-17-2020- Per Variety, Sony renewed first-look deal with Will Gluck of Olive Bridge, for development and production of Move On, Jan 15, 2020
Teddy thinks he’s the only living person left in a world where humanity is frozen in time... until his ex-girlfriend, Leyna, shows up at his doorstep. Together, they must go on a journey to find the cause behind the freeze and in the process, confront the issues that plagued their relationship before it’s too late.
When the world freezes around them, two exes must try and figure out why they are the only two unfrozen.
After being publicly rejected proposing to his girlfriend, an international stock analyzer finds himself trapped in a frozen reality with his ex-girlfriend.
A man discovers that his ex-girlfriend is the only other unaffected person in their world where time is frozen. Together, they must find the source of this dystopia and work through the bitter end of their relationship.
Film
Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Cloning, Mid-life Crisis, Computer, Death, Love
104
PG-13
High
M
White / European
28
Attractive
Black Mirror, Tron, Ready Player One, Matrix, About Time, Before I Fall, US
several flashbacks and flash forwards, at least a seven year span
Chicago, Hotel rooms, Arizona Desert, Bar, Funeral Home
TEDDY (28) proposes to LEYNA (28) who promptly says no and rushes out of the restaurant. In his car, Teddy tries to text Leyna but the light turns green and he starts to drive. Distracted by his phone Teddy's car is hit, but he is fine and heads home. Back at his apartment, SQUID (28), Teddy's best friend, has thrown him a surprise engagement party. Squid quickly asks everyone to leave and takes Teddy out for a sullen drink. While at the bar, everything and everyone freezes around Teddy.

Three months later Teddy rides his bike around the city. Everything is still frozen. Back at his apartment, he finds Leyna unfrozen waiting for him. The two awkwardly re-unite. Teddy explains he went to Jersey to look for his parents but they were frozen. They take separate rooms for the night. Flashback to their first date on a beach. Teddy tells Leyna that one of his exes ruined the phrase "I love you" for him and they decide on the new phrase "Go fuck yourself" to take its place.

The next morning, Teddy shows Leyna the map on his phone with a black line through the coast. He says he has seen this black...