Black Bear Acquires Love Triangle Comedy Spec From Writing Duo Cassidy Alla and Read Masino (EXCLUSIVE)

Black Bear has acquired the rights to a comedy spec script from up-and-coming writing duo Cassidy Alla and Read Masino, Variety can reveal exclusively According to an official logline, the untitled film “tells the story of when a mother and daughter inadvertently start dating the same man; the whole family – each at their own […] Black Bear has acquired the rights to a comedy spec script from up-and-coming writing duo Cassiy Alla and Read Masino. Black Bear has acquired the rights to a comedy spec script from up-and-coming writing duo Cassidy Alla and Read Masino, Variety can reveal exclusively According to an official logline, the untitled film “tells the story of when a mother and daughter inadvertently start dating the same man; the whole family – each at their own crossroad in life and love – must deal with the chaotic fallout.” Alla and Masino, both working toward their feature breakouts, have a movie in development at Netflix with Berlanti/Schechter producing and Nahnatchka Khan (“Totally Killer”) directing.

The duo met while working as assistants at Apatow Productions. Masino worked as a writers’ assistant on Amazon’s “Spider-Noir” and Apple’s “Brothers” and “The Muppet Show,” while Alla worked for showrunner Justin Noble, co-creator of “The Sex Lives