About a Boy

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Year:2002
Director:Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Written by:Nick Hornby (Novel), Peter Hedges (Screenplay), Chris Weitz (Screenplay), Paul Weitz (Screenplay), Nick Hornby (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Will Freeman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself off as a single father, he starts to meet a string of single mums, confident in his ability to leave them behind when they start to ask for a commitment. But Will's hope of a continued bachelorhood is interrupted when he meets 12-year old Marcus, in many ways his complete opposite.
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Nick Hornby Movie Scripts

Although Nick Hornby is more largely recognized for his books rather than his films, the best-selling British author is quickly making his transition from  novelist to full-fledged screenwriter.

After landing his first screen writing credit for the Oscar nominated An Education (2009), Nick Hornby is proving that he’s got the chops to make it off the bookshelves and unto the big screen.

Check out his collection of adapted works, and his feature length work:

1. An Education Script (2009)
2. Fever Pitch Script (Dialogue Transcript) (2005)
3. About a Boy Script $ (for Purchase) (2003)
4. High Fidelity Script (2000)