Romcom in development
Coincidence is Hitch meets My Best Friend’s Wedding.
Jane Marshall sets up chance meetings between single people to ignite romance. When an unscrupulous businesswoman hires her to set up a romance with a lovely guy, Jane has to choose between honouring the contract with her client or tipping him off.
Genre – comedy/romance
Quote – Coincidence is God’s way of staying anonymous
Synopsis
Needing more clients to grow her fledgeling business Jane pitches Co-Incidence Inc to unscrupulous businesswoman Tania.
Tania hires Jane to set up a date with Will, a talented researcher on probability theory. Will made his fortune beating the odds on the roulette wheel and is a person of integrity. Tania on the other hand proves to be devious in business and in life – and that’s being generous.
Every time Jane sets up a meeting between Tania and Will, Tania bungles the approach. She knocks Will flat in the gym then nearly gets his pet dog run over. But when Tania is adamant she wants another go, Jane suggests the only thing that will work is for Tania to come clean about her feelings for Will. To Jane’s horror Tania hacks into Jane’s database and tells Will she’s just like him. Over a romantic dinner, Tania’s bullshit carries the day and Will agrees to marry her.
Tania hires Jane to deliver Will to the altar so Jane works with Will to select the flowers and hire the caterers. To be truthful neither of them gives a hoot about the wedding arrangements but in the process they realise they have a lot in common. Jane successfully shepherds Will to the wedding venue, but the night before the ceremony Tania cheats on Will with his brother Andrew.
Jane retires to the bar to nurse her wounds where Will is having last-minute jitters. They console each other over a tequila or six and discover a strong attraction between them. But before racing off to the bedroom Jane feels obliged to explain her role in getting him to marry Tania. Will is shocked and walks out.
Tania sues for breach of contract and Jane has to deploy all her research skills to persuade Tania into dropping her legal action. In the process she finds that Tania wasn’t after Will’s body at all, but wanted to nab his research on probability.
Jane heads to the Reef where Will is holidaying to warn him about Tania. He is still mad at Jane for meddling with his life. On the other hand, he still has feelings for her too, despite everything. And Jane admits that she does too…