New Line Cinema has optioned the film rights to Anthony Capella's unpublished novel "
Chemistry for Beginners," a romantic comedy about a sex researcher who falls for one of his subjects.
"
Chemistry for Beginners" is the story of a shy university biochemist running a research project into female sexual dysfunction. With the big drug companies clamoring for results, he becomes caught in a triangle of intrigue and attraction between his female co-researcher and a pretty student who shows an unexpected response to his experimental treatment.