Juan Taratuto’s “Un Novio Para Mi Mujer” to Get English-Language Remake

Juan Taratuto’s hit is getting an American redo… 

Fuego Films has optioned the U.S. remake rights to the 48-year-old Argentine filmmaker’s hit rom-com Un Novio Para Mi Mujer.

Juan Taratuto

Taratuto’s blockbuster originally starred Adrian Suar, Valeria Bertuccelli and Gabriel Goity

Taratuto’s Spanish-language original, about a husband who hires a professional Cassanova to seduce his unhappy wife, was the highest-grossing Argentine film of 2008. The film has had remakes in South Korea, Mexico and Italy and was previously on the development slate at Warner Bros.