Trumping interest from rival studios, Universal Pictures has acquired feature film rights to Lolly Winston's dramedy novel "Good Grief" for studio-based Marc Platt Prods. to produce. The novel, which debuted to positive reviews, centers on a young woman who is forced to reinvent her life when she is suddenly widowed just as she was getting used to being married in the first place. Marc Platt Prods. executives Abby Wolf-Weiss and Jared Leboff are credited with bringing the project into their company.

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