‘Father Of The Bride’ Producer & Development Exec Paul Perez Lands First Look Deal At Warner Bros

EXCLUSIVE: Former Warner Bros. Development Executive Paul Perez has inked a production deal at the Burbank, CA lot. The news comes just as ‘Father Of The Bride,’ a project Perez spearheaded and produced at the studio, hits HBO Max on Thursday, June 16

During his time at Warner Bros, Perez was involved with the development of He came to Warners after a development executive stint at Lionsgate’s Pantelion where he worked on the Eugenio Derbez hit movie, which wound up being Mexico’s highest grossing export of all-time with $100.5M WW, as well as Perez initially cut his teeth in the industry reading scripts for producer Ben Odell and working in the Miami William Morris offices.

is a project close to Perez’s heart given his Cuban American Miami heritage. He came to the property while combing through the Warner library in a quest to develop revamped IP. The project’s momentum swelled after Perez discussed it at a Warner Bros. development exec retreat, with the studio’s President of Production Courtenay Valenti ultimately taking to Matt Lopez’s screenplay.

While recent audiences are familiar with the Steve Martin-Diane Keaton-Martin Short 1991 Touchstone remake , the film was originally an MGM title released in 1950, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor. Warners had inherited the title in their acquisition of the pre-May 1986 MGM library via their absorption of Turner Films in 1995.

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