{"id":556887,"date":"2026-03-31T21:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/556887\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:13:08","slug":"in-real-life-spec-from-cathy-yuspa-josh-goldsmith-sells-to-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/556887\/","title":{"rendered":"‘In Real Life’ Spec From Cathy Yuspa & Josh Goldsmith Sells To Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Disney<\/a> has acquired In Real Life<\/a>, a new comedy spec from writers Cathy Yuspa<\/a> and Josh Goldsmith<\/a>, with Jon Hurwitz<\/a>, Hayden Schlossberg<\/a>, and Josh Heald<\/a>, the creators of the hit Netflix series Cobra Kai, aboard to produce via their Counterbalance<\/a> banner.<\/p>\n

\n\tReps for the studio declined comment. Sources describe the project as falling somewhere between a high-concept modern rom-com and a female buddy comedy. Specifics as to its plot are under wraps. Dina Hillier will exec produce for Counterbalance, whose Julia Virtue will co-produce.<\/p>\n

\n\tScribes Yuspa and Goldsmith are known for writing the original 13 Going on 30, an enduringly popular rom-com starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo that has a sequel coming together at Netflix<\/a>. They also wrote What Women Want, starring Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson, which remains one of the highest-grossing romantic comedies of all time at a worldwide gross exceeding $374M.<\/p>\n

\n\tMore recently, the duo wrote the book for 13 Going on 30: The Musical, which premiered in the UK and is eyeing a West End run. In television, they\u2019ve previously served as co-creators and showrunners on Disney+\u2019s The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers and as showrunners on the long-running CBS series The King of Queens. They are represented by CAA and Hansen, Jacobson.<\/p>\n

\n\tCounterbalance\u2019s Hurwitz, Schlossberg, and Heald are best known for creating Cobra Kai, a Karate Kid sequel series that originated on YouTube before breaking out as a six-season Netflix hit with 11 Emmy nominations. Hurwitz and Schlossberg are also known for their work on New Line\u2019s Harold & Kumar franchise, as well as hit comedies Blockers and American Reunion, while Heald penned the Hot Tub Time Machine franchise for MGM.<\/p>\n

\n\tMost recently, Counterbalance produced 72 Hours, an upcoming bachelor party comedy for Netflix directed by Tim Story and starring Kevin Hart. The three principals are also writing, producing and directing a reimagining of Knight Rider for Universal Pictures, as well as a new installment of Harold & Kumar for New Line.<\/p>\n

\n\tHurwitz, Schlossberg, and Heald are all with CAA. Hurwitz and Schlossberg are also repped by Hansen Jacobson; Heald by Behr Abramson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Disney has acquired In Real Life, a new comedy spec from writers Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[247256,236,247257,3716,88,247258,247259,247260,247261,247262],"class_list":["post-556887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-cathy-yuspa","tag-celebrities","tag-counterbalance","tag-disney","tag-entertainment","tag-hayden-schlossberg","tag-in-real-life","tag-jon-hurwitz","tag-josh-goldsmith","tag-josh-heald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}