Director Gurinder Chadha (
Bend It Like Beckham) is directing an adaptation of the South Korean hit romantic comedy
My Sassy Girl, according to Variety.
My Sassy Girl, the No. 2 pic at the South Korean box office in 2001, is about a dolt who falls in love with a loud-mouthed, aggressive girl who doesn't hesitate to vent her frustrations in public.
Shooting is set to begin in the spring.