Netflix Acquires Rom-Com Spec Script ‘I Don’t Know Who You Are Anymore’ From Writer Matt Lawton (EXCLUSIVE)

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Netflix has acquired “I Don’t Know Who You Are Anymore,” a spec script penned by writer Matt Lawton. Plot details for the project remain under wraps, but it’s described as “Palm Springs” meets “The Family Man.”

Lawton was most recently a co-executive producer on FOX’s animated sitcom “The Great North,” which is on its fifthseason. The series, which stars Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate and Will Forte, follows a single father named Beef Tobin and his four children in the fictional town of Lone Moose, Alaska.

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Prior to “The Great North,” Lawton served as a consulting producer on NBC’s America Ferrera-led series “Superstore,” which ran for six seasons from 2015 to 2021. He spent the previous three years as supervising producer on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” the police procedural sitcom starring Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher and Terry Crews, which aired for five seasons on Fox before its cancellation, and an additional three seasons after its pickup at NBC. Lawton was previously a co-producer on Dan Harmon’s “Community.”

Other credits include multi-cams “Guys With Kids” (NBC) and “Men at Work” (TBS), NBC’s “Free Agents” and the animated series “Out There” for IFC. His development includes “The Cartoonist” for Amazon, “The Buddy System” for CBS and “The Bradleys,” based on the iconic comic book by Peter Bagge, for Fox.

Upcoming film releases from Netflix this year include “Happy Gilmore 2,” “My Oxford Year,” “The Thursday Murder Club,” “Train Dreams” and “Jay Kelly.”

Lawton is represented by WME, Michael Pelmont at Nacelle, and Loan Dang at Del Shaw.

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