EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired Johnny Rosenthal ‘s comedy spec, Aunt Roxie , for Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort and Amy Williams to produce.

In Aunt Roxie , a carefree writer agrees to watch her uptight sister’s gifted children for a week, navigating teenage romance, elementary school politics, and her own messy love life while learning what it means to be a loving aunt and responsible adult.

Rosenthal is best known for writing the Billy Bob Thornton-led Bad Santa 2 , for a franchise that has grossed over $100 million worldwide, with a third installment in development. More recently, he sold his spec script Christmas in Paradise to Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists, whose Scott Stuber will produce, with Jeff Tomsic directing and Nate Bargatze attached to star. The

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