Katie Holmes to Star in Movie Based on 'The Secret'

Katie Holmes to Star in Movie Based on 'The Secret'

Katie Holmes will star in The Secret, based on the best-selling self-help book by Rhonda Byrne.

The film, directed by Andy Tennent (Hitch, Sweet Home Alabama), will follow a young widow with three children who hires a handyman to fix her house during a terrible storm. As the handyman grows closer to the family, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want, but the widow soon realizes he carries a secret connection to her past.

Bekah Brunstetter, writer on NBC’s hit drama This Is Us, wrote the screenplay with participation from Tennant and longtime writing partner Rick Parks (Ever After: A Cinderella Story).

Covert Media’s CEO Paul Hanson will produce the movie with Robert Cort. Covert’s Elissa Friedman will serve as an executive producer alongside MCC’s Sasha Shapiro and Anton Lessine. Covert will finance and handle worldwide sales on the feature.

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Katie Holmes has appeared in Dawson's Creek and Batman Begins.