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The Romantic

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Romance · Comedy

Bestselling romance author Francine London has a secret: she’s actually a six-foot-four mountain of a man named Ed Schwenke. When Ed’s identity comes under scrutiny, he hires a wildcard of a woman to pose as Francine at a romance fiction convention, while evading a cynical female journalist, who hates romance even more than she hates liars.

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Paramount Pictures, Maximum Effort, Dogbone Entertainment
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Dave BautistaDave Bautista

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