Grant said, "I love Marc's stuff, and made me laugh. In October 2012, Hugh Grant was cast in the film's starring role, marking the fourth collaboration between Lawrence and Grant: Two Weeks Notice, Music and Lyrics, and Did You Hear About the Morgans?. The Rewrite is written and directed by Marc Lawrence, with development becoming at Castle Rock Entertainment. The film ends with Keith's phone flashing with a voicemail from Alex. Keith is welcomed back warmly by his students and apologizes to Karen. He also declines Elle's invitation to return to Hollywood, as he has decided to stay in Binghamton to teach and write a screenplay based on his experience there and he tells Elle not to call during class hours. In a revelation of his renewed priorities, Keith expresses admiration for Holly’s determination in life and they both confess their love for each other. Halfway through the meeting, Keith has an epiphany about how he has helped his students and, leaving a newly confident Clem to resume the meeting by himself, he heads back to Binghamton to save his job - which he manages to do with a sincere apology to Professor Weldon. As a last parting gesture, he accompanies Clem to Manhattan to meet with Hollywood film producers. In frustration, Keith gets into an argument with Holly and decides to leave the school. However, Keith’s problems worsen when his outline for Paradise Misplaced II gets rejected and he faces expulsion from the school after his short-lived relationship with Karen is exposed. Despite their differences, Keith finds enlightenment in Holly’s advice and makes the first move in contacting Alex. The two of them often disagree on their perspectives on life, where Keith believes that nothing will salvage his failing career or mend his relationship with his estranged son Alex, whereas Holly maintains an optimistic outlook on life and believes that with effort, talents can be developed and problems can be solved. Keith also forms a friendship with mature student Holly Carpenter, a single mother of two who is in a steady but unloving relationship.
Keith also does not believe in the concept of teaching and is scornful of his job, as exemplified by his selecting mostly women students for his class based solely on their appearance and then dismissing the class for a month.Īfter being publicly challenged by an outraged Karen about his competence, Keith starts to devote more time and effort to coaching his students and helping them discover their passion and improve their writing he finds great potential in Clem Ronson, a shy and awkward nerd, whose script quickly garners the interest of Keith’s agent, Elle.
On arrival, Keith angers fellow professor Mary Weldon with derogatory comments about Jane Austen and other misogynistic behavior he also strikes up an unethical relationship with a young undergraduate student, Karen Gabney, which ends quickly. Unemployed and low on funds after a long period of unsuccessful pitching, he reluctantly takes up a job teaching screenwriting at Binghamton University in Upstate New York. Keith Michaels is a divorced and depressed screenwriter whose only successful work was Paradise Misplaced, which won the Best Screenplay Award fifteen years ago.
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