Rashida Jones Options Comic Book

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Rashida Jones Options Comic Book

Rashida Jones, star of "The Office" and "Parks & Recreation," has optioned the movie rights to her comic book "Frenemy of the State" to Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment.

She will cowrite the screenplay with actor Will McCormack.

"Frenemy of the State" was announced at the San Diego Comic Con in July, but has yet to be published. Jones is co-writing the comic with Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir and artist Jeff Wamester.

Jones says she didn't create the comic as a vehicle for herself, though the main character does bear a striking resemblance to the actress.

"It's intended for a girl much younger than me, about age 20, an interesting age for girls as they make that scary jump to adulthood," she explained.

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Rashida Jones Acting Defiant

Gina Wilhelm Actress - Rashida Jones Acting Defiant

Rashida Jones very nearly didn't become an actress.

The star of "I Love You, Man" and NBC's new "Parks and Recreation" had originally planned to study law as an act of defiance against her show-business parents, Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton.

However, she took a few acting classes while at Harvard and wound up falling in love. She decided she should give acting a real try.

She has appeared in dramatic roles, but lately most ofher work has been comic.

In "I Love You, Man," "Parks and Recreation," and her recurring role last season on "The Office," she got to do a lot of improvisational comedy.

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