The Genie Bouchard/Twitter Fan Love Connection Is Being Made Into A Movie

We all remember this modern day love story, right? John made a bet with Genie that if the Pats came back and beat the Falcons, they could go on a date. She accepted, the Pats won, and she was a lady of her word.

It seemed they had a decent time together, because then they hung out again, just chillin on her couch.

And then on another date.

And then back to the Super Bowl.

But then shortly after she declared herself single with this picture…

It was a whirlwind relationship that I followed and blogged about, and now they are making a movie based on this story:

Deadline - Fox 2000 has picked up Jonathan A. Abrams’ romantic comedy film pitch inspired by the true story of how a random guy scored a date with tennis player and 2014 Wimbledon finalist Genie Bouchard after winning a Super Bowl bet. Douglas Banker of Five All in the Fifth Entertainment is producing the project along with State Street Pictures, the company behind The Hate U Give.

It all started with a tweet in 2017 during Super Bowl LI. The Atlanta Falcons had the lead over the New England Patriots and a confident Bouchard tweeted “I knew Atlanta would win btw,” to which a random Patriots fan named John Goehrke responded, “[I]f [P]atriots win we go on a date?” Bouchard agreed (you can see the tweet below) and the Tom Brady-led squad ultimately took the victory with the final score of 34-28.

What a world. That guy lived the dream for a while. Free dates to the Super Bowl, dated Genie Bouchard for a while, and now is going to get made into a movie. And the premise is “The film version centers on dating and love in the modern digital age, asking if a relationship born on social media can survive the glare of the public eye.”. If they need a Barstool blogger on board as a consultant, I’m in. Hit me up JJ Abrams.

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PS: With Bouchard producing she gets to cast whoever she wants to play her, right? Gotta go with Margot Robbie or ScarJo.