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When her horoscope reveals NOW is the time for marriage, a skeptical

Sri Lankan Australian woman concedes to her superstitious mother’s whims and agrees to meet 101 suitors in 90 days.

STATUS: FINANCING

 

WRITER

Menik Gooneratne

 

PRODUCERS

Leanne Tonkes

Menik Gooneratne

AN ADAPTATION OF SU DHARMAPALA'S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL NOVEL

SELECTED FOR THE CAPE BLACKLIST

Written in the Stars was selected for the 2022 CAPE List - a partnership between CAPE and The Black List to create a curated list of scripts centered on diverse Asian Pacific characters and experiences from writers Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

Written in the Stars is Writer/Actor Menik Gooneratne's debut feature screenplay. 

 

Menik was born in London and eventually settled in Melbourne when she was 8.  As an actress she has appeared in Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines, Garth Davis’s Lion and Alex Proyas’s Knowing.

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Writer/Actor - Menik Gooneratne

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