John Requa and Glenn Ficarra to Direct Romantic Comedy Spinster for Amazon MGM Studios

Amazon MGM Studios has chosen a directing team for Spinster, a romantic comedy. John Requa and Glenn Ficarra will direct the film, according to Deadline, which broke the news as an exclusive on 10 November 2026.

The screenplay is by Jenni Ross. Todd Lieberman will produce for Hidden Pictures, the production company he works with. Carly Elter and Alex Young will executive produce, which is a credit that usually covers money, deals and high-level oversight rather than the daily work on set.

Amazon MGM Studios is the film and television studio owned by Amazon. Its films are made for cinemas and for Amazon's streaming service, Prime Video, depending on the project and the deal behind it. A romantic comedy is a fitting genre to build around a directing team, because the success of the form depends heavily on timing, tone and the chemistry between the cast, all of which the director shapes on set.

Announcements like this one usually come early. A film needs a finished script, a budget, a cast and a shooting schedule before cameras roll, and each of those steps can take months. A release date, when there is one, can sit a long way ahead. Until then, a name on a director's chair is a sign that a project is moving, not a finished film.

For a general reader, the simplest way to see the chain is this: a writer produces a script, a studio backs it, a producer assembles the team, and a director takes charge of how the story looks and sounds on screen. Each link is a decision by a person or a company. Only at the end of that chain does a film reach a screen, which is why a single announcement can be followed by a long wait.

Requa and Ficarra now have the job of turning Ross's script into a finished film, and Amazon MGM Studios will decide where and when it arrives. Those are the next decisions to watch.