Production for
Think Like a Man has begun in Los Angeles, CA. The highly-anticipated comedy is an adaptation of comedian and nationally-syndicated radio host
Steve Harvey‘s New York Times best-selling book,
Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man. In the film, four interconnected and diverse friends have their love lives shaken up after the women they are pursuing buy Steve Harvey’s book and start taking his advice to heart. When the band of brothers find out that they have been betrayed by one of their own, they conspire to use the book’s teachings to turn the tables.
The film stars
Michael Ealy (Takers, For Colored Girls),
Jerry Ferrara (Entourage),
Meagan Good (Jumping The Broom, Stomp The Yard),
Regina Hall (Scary Movie, Law Abiding Citizen),
Kevin Hart (Death At A Funeral, Not Easily Broken),
Taraji P. Henson (Hustle & Flow, Karate Kid),
Terrance J (BET’s 106 & Park, Stomp The Yard: Homecoming),
Romany Malco (40 Year Old Virgin, No Ordinary Family),
Gary Owen (Little Man, Daddy Day Care) and
Gabrielle Union ( Cadillac Records, Bad Boys II) featuring
Lala Vazquez (Two Can Play That Game) and
Arielle Kebbel (Vampire Diaries, The Uninvited). Tim Story (Fantastic Four, Barbershop) will direct.
Will Packer (Stomp The Yard, Obsessed, Takers) will produce via his Rainforest Films banner.
“Steve Harvey has established himself as one of the funniest and most insightful voices in America. That coupled with an incredible cast makes this an exciting venture,”
says Packer.
The screenplay was written by
Keith Merryman &
David A. Newman. Steve Harvey, Rushion McDonald and Rob Hardy will executive produce.
Think Like a Man is scheduled for release on April 6, 2012.
